Loosin Yelav


Published by Santa Barbara Music Press
as part of the Mary Alice Stollak Choral Series

SA/piano Catalog # SBMP679
SATB/violin/piano Catalog # SBMP698
 
Folk text in Armenian
Difficulty rating (1-5): 2

A sublime Armenian folk song about the beautiful rising moon. Dawn Upshaw has been singing the solo version of this lately (arr. by Luciano Berio). The Armenian is easy to learn.

 

TEXT

Loosin yelav ensareetz
saree partzaer gadareetz
shegleeg megleeg yeresov
paervetrz kedneen loosnidzov.

Jan a loosin Jan ko loosin
Jan ko gaelor sheg yereseen.

Xavarn arten tchaekatzav
oo el kedneen tchegatzov
oosni loosov halatzvadz
moot amberi metch maenadz.

Jan a losin Jan ko loosin
Jan ko gaelor sheg yereseen.

The moon has risen over the hill,
over its summit,
its red, rosy face
brilliantly illuminating the earth.

O dear moon, with your dear light
and your dear round and rosy face.

Before darkness reigned
covering the earth;
but now the light of the moon has chased it away
into the dark clouds.

O dear moon, with your dear light
and your dear round and rosy face.


 

  

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