"Κόρη, όταν εφιλιόμαστε

"Κόρη, όταν εφιλιόμαστε,
Νύχτα ήταν, ποιος μας είδε;"

"Μας είδε τ’ άστρο της νυχτός,
Μας είδε το φεγγάρι,

Και το φεγγάριν έσκυψε,
Της θάλασσας το λέει,

Θάλασσα το ’πε του κουπιού,
Και το κουπί του ναύτη,

Κι ο ναύτης το τραγούδησε
Στης λυγερής την πόρτα."

by Volkslieder (Folksongs) , collected by N. G. Politis around 1900; this is text no. 124 of a selection of "folksongs" (re)published in 1975

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

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by Peter Cornelius (1824-1874) , "Verratene Liebe", 1847-8.
by Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921) , "Verratene Liebe"
by Hermann (Ernst?) Levi (1839-1900) , "Verratene Liebe", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1861. [voice and piano]
by Robert Alexander Schumann (1810-1856) , "Verratene Liebe", op. 40 no. 5 (1840), stanzas 1-3.

by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) , "Tajna", op. 8 no. 3 (1868).

FRE French (Claude Charles Fauriel)

Date added to the website: 2004-01-16.

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Les témoins de l'amour

"Quand nous nous sommes embrassés,
ma belle, il était nuit; qui nous a vus?"

"(Qui nous a vus?) la nuit et l'aurore,
les étoiles et la lune.

Une étoile est descendue, 
et l'a dit à la mer:

la mer l'a dit à la rame;
la rame au matelot;

et le matelot l'a chanté
à la porte de sa belle."

by Claude Charles Fauriel (1772-1844) , "Les témoins de l'amour"

a text in Greek from folk poetry/song tradition , collected by N. G. Politis around 1900; this is text no. 124 of a selection of "folksongs" (re)published in 1975

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Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

GER German (Wilhelm Müller)

Date added to the website: 2008-03-16.