- List of artworks known in English by a foreign title
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The following is an alphabetical list of works of art that are often called by a non-English name in an English context. (Of course, many such titles are simply the names of people: Don Quixote, Irma la Douce, Madame Bovary, Tosca, Pelléas et Mélisande. These have been omitted, as have examples where the English may easily be inferred: Symphonie fantastique, Les liaisons dangereuses.)
Title Transcription Language Translation Description 99 Luftballons German 99 Balloons song by Nena À la recherche du temps perdu French In Search of Lost Time novel by Marcel Proust Aberystwyth Mon Amour French Aberystwyth My Love novel by Malcolm Pryce Aina آئینہ Urdu Mirror film directed by Nazr-ul-Islam Alhambra الْحَمْرَاء Arabic The Red One Muslim monument, located near Granada, Spain Angkor Wat អង្គរវត្ត Khmer Temple complex of the city Hindu and (later) Buddhist temple site, located in Angkor, Cambodia Bal Turkish Honey film by Semih Kaplanoğlu Barcarolle: une nuit à Lisbonne French Barcarolle: A Night in Lisbon symphonic poem by Camille Saint-Saëns Bhagavad Gita भगवद्गीता Sanskrit Song of God philosophical, Hindu book of poems (author contentious) Carmina Burana Latin Songs from Beuern medieval book of poems and a cantata by Carl Orff Chichen Itza Yucatec Maya At the Mouth of the Well of the Itza Mayan monument, located on the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico Codex Gigas Latin Giant Book largest medieval manuscript in the world, the authorship is attributed to hermann inanclus (herman, the recluse), a monk Così fan tutte Italian That's What They [feminine] All Do opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Dai Miao 岱庙 Chinese Dai Temple Daoist temple complex, located on Mount Tai, People's Republic of China Dao De Jing 道德经/道德經 Chinese Way/Path, Virtue, Guideline philosophical, Daoist book of poems probably by Laozi Das Boot German The Boat film directed by Wolfgang Petersen Das Hildebrandslied German Lay/Song of Hildebrand a heroic lay, written in Old High German Das Kapital German Capital treatise by Karl Marx Das Klagende Lied German The Lamentation cantata by Gustav Mahler Das Lied von der Erde German The Song of the Earth Symphony by Gustav Mahler Déjeuner sur l'herbe French Lunch on the Grass painting by Édouard Manet Der Erlkönig German "The Alder King" or "The King of the Elves" poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Der Freischütz German "The Freeshooter" or "The Marksman" opera by Carl Maria von Weber Der Ring des Nibelungen German The Ring of the Nibelung cycle of four operas by Richard Wagner Der Wehrwolf German a portmanteau and word play, combining the words for "defence" and "wolf" to Wehrwolf, similar to werewolf book by Hermann Löns Desafinado Portuguese Out of Tune song by Antônio Carlos Jobim Deus Ex Latin God out of video game-series by Eidos Interactive Die Entführung aus dem Serail German The Abduction from the Seraglio opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Fledermaus German The Bat operetta by Johann Strauss II Die Glückliche Hand German The Lucky Hand musical drama by Arnold Schoenberg Die Schöne Müllerin German The Fair Maid of the Mill song cycle by Franz Schubert Dies Irae Latin Day of Wrath hymn by Thomas of Celano and part of Mozart's Requiem Don Quichotte à Dulcinée French Don Quixote to Dulcinea song cycle by Maurice Ravel Edda Óðr Old Norse Poetry the Eddur (plural of Edda) are the Poetic Edda (author unknown) and Prose Edda (by Snorri Sturluson), are two Icelandic ancient books Eine Kleine Nachtmusik German A Little Night-Music serenade by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart El amor brujo Spanish Love, the Magician ballet by Manuel de Falla El cóndor pasa Spanish The Condor Passes song by Daniel Alomía Robles and Julio Baudouin El Shaddai אל שדי Hebrew "God Almighty" (loosely translated) video game by Ignition Entertainment Elfen Lied German Elf Song manga and anime-series by Lynn Okamoto Eroica Italian heroic Third Symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven Erwartung German Expectation opera by Arnold Schoenberg Feuer frei! German "free to fire!" (German military language for "fire at will") song by Rammstein Gesta Danorum Latin Deeds of the Danes series of books by Saxo Grammaticus Gitanjali গীতাঞ্জলি Bengali "An offering of songs" or "prayer offering of songs" collection of poems by Rabindranath Tagore Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona גבעת חלפון אינה עונה Hebrew Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer film by Assi Dayan Götterdämmerung German Twilight of the Gods opera by Richard Wagner Gurrelieder German Songs of Gurre oratorio by Arnold Schoenberg Hagia Sophia Ἅγια Σοφία Greek Divine Wisdom Byzantine dome-church (now a mosque), located in Istanbul, Turkey Harakiri 腹切り Japanese Harakiri/cutting the belly film by Masaki Kobayashi Heimskringla Old Norse The World-Circle Kings' saga by Snorri Sturluson Hiroshima mon amour French Hiroshima My Love film directed by Alain Resnais Huis clos French In Camera play by Jean-Paul Sartre Ich will German I want song by Rammstein Ikiru 生きる Japanese To Live film directed by Akira Kurosawa Il trovatore Italian The Troubadour opera by Giuseppe Verdi Jeux d'enfants French Children's Games symphonic suite by Georges Bizet Kaaba الكعبة Arabic The Cube the most sacred site in Islam, located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia Kagemusha 影武者 Japanese Shadow Warrior film directed by Akira Kurosawa Kalevala Finnish Lands of Kaleva epic poem by Elias Lönnrot Kama Sutra कामसूत्र Sanskrit Verses of Desire ancient book about human sexual behavior by Vātsyāyana Kebra Nagast ክብረ ነገሥት Ge'ez Glory of Kings Ethiopian's national epic Keine Lust German No Desire (German idiom for "I don't feel like it.") song by Rammstein Kindertotenlieder German Songs of Dead Children song cycle by Gustav Mahler Kremlin Кремль Russian Fortress a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, Russia Kundun སྐུ་མདུན་ Tibetan The Presence film directed by Martin Scorsese La Bohème French The [female] Bohemian opera by Giacomo Puccini La création du monde French The Creation of the World ballet by Darius Milhaud La cucaracha Spanish The Cockroach traditional song La dame aux camélias French The Lady of the Camellias novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils La demoiselle élue French The Chosen Damsel novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils La dolce vita Italian The Sweet Life film directed by Federico Fellini La mer French The Sea three symphonic sketches for orchestra by Claude Debussy La notte Italian The Night film by Michelangelo Antonioni La strada Italian The Road film by Federico Fellini La traviata Italian The Fallen Woman opera by Giuseppe Verdi La vie en rose French Rose-Tinted Life song by Louis Gugliemi and Édith Piaf Lacrimosa Latin "weeping" or "tearful" part of many Requiems (e.g. Mozart's Requiem) Le bœuf sur le toit French The Ox on the Roof ballet by Darius Milhaud Le chasseur maudit French The Cursed Huntsman symphonic poem by César Franck L'eclisse Italian The Eclipse film by Michelangelo Antonioni L'enfant et les sortilèges French The Child and the Spells opera by Maurice Ravel Le Grand Meaulnes French The Great Meaulnes novel by Alain-Fournier Les noces French The Wedding dance cantata by Igor Stravinsky L'étranger French The Outsider novel by Albert Camus L'heure espagnole French "The Spanish Hour"/"The Time in Spain" opera by Maurice Ravel Liebestod German Love's Death duet from the opera Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner L'Isle joyeuse French The Joyful Isle piano piece by Claude Debussy Má vlast Czech My Fatherland cycle of symphonic poems by Bedřich Smetana Machu Picchu Quechua Old Peaks Inca site, located above Urubamba Valley, Peru Madadayo まあだだよ Japanese Not Yet film by Akira Kurosawa Mahabharata महाभारत Sanskrit The Great History/Story of the Bharatas epic of ancient India Mahabodhi Temple महाबोधि मंदिर Sanskrit Great Awakening Temple Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, India Masjid Al-Haram المسجد الحرام Arabic The Sacred Mosque largest mosque in the world, Located in Mecca, Saudi-Arabia Mein Kampf German My Struggle autobiography and political treatise by Adolf Hitler Memento Latin Recall film by Christopher Nolan Moai Rapa Nui Figurine monolithic human figures on the Polynesian island of Easter Island Narn i Chîn Húrin Sindarin The Tale of the Children of Húrin an unfinished story by J.R.R. Tolkien Nayagan நாயகன் Tamil The Hero film by Mani Ratnam Nessun dorma Italian No-one Shall Sleep aria from Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot Nibelungenlied German Lay/Song of the Nibelungs German national epic Notre Dame French Our Lady cathedral in Paris, France Obaltan 오발탄 Korean Maybe a Miss film by Yu Hyun-mok Ōkami 大神, 狼 or 大紙 Japanese "Great God" if written as 大神, "Wolf" if written as 狼 or "Great Paper" if written as 大紙 video game published by Capcom Ōkamiden 大神伝, 狼伝 or 大紙伝 Japanese "Chronicles of a/the Great God" if written as 大神伝, "Chronicles of a/the Wolf" if written as 狼伝 or "Chronicles of a/the Great Paper" if written as 大紙伝 sequel to Ōkami Pappa Ante Portas German (the first word) and Latin Daddy in front of the Gates film by Loriot Pavane pour une infante défunte French Pavane for a Dead Infanta piano/orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel Petite Fleur French Little Flower piano/orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel Pierrot lunaire French Moonlit [or Moonstruck] Pierrot song cycle by Arnold Schoenberg Porco Rosso Italian Red Pig film by Hayao Miyazaki Potiche French Trophy Wife film by François Ozon Praan প্রাণ Bengali Stream of Life poem by Rabindranath Tagore Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune French Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun symphonic poem by Claude Debussy Princess Mononoke もののけ姫 (Mononoke-hime) Japanese Princess of the demons/monsters (only the hime was translated to English) film by Hayao Miyazaki Qur'an (or Koran) القرآن Arabic The Recitation the religious text of Islam by Muhammad Ramakien รามเกียรติ์ Thai Glory of Rama Thailand's national epic Ramayana रामायण Sanskrit Rama's Path an ancient Indian epic Ran 乱 Japanese "Chaos" or "Revolt" film by Akira Kurosawa Rashōmon 羅城門 Japanese Gate of the Fortress former Japanese monuments, were located in Heijō-kyō and Heian-kyō, Japan Rashomon 羅生門 Japanese Gate of the Fortress film by Akira Kurosawa Ratatouille French a French dish film by Pixar Shahnameh شاهنامه Persian The Book of Kings an enormous poetic opus written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi Shoah השואה Hebrew Calamity film by Claude Lanzmann Silmarillion Quenya From the Radiance of Pure Light collection of J. R. R. Tolkien's mythopoeic works Skáldskaparmál Old Norse Language of Poetry a poem by Snorri Sturluson, consisting of circa 50,000 words Stalag 17 German a German abbreviation for "Stammlager" (base/main camp) film by Billy Wilder Suzakumon 朱雀門 Japanese Gate of the Vermilion Bird former Japanese monuments, were located in Fujiwara-kyō, Heijō-kyō and Heian-kyō, Japan Taegukgi 태극기 Korean South Korean Flag film by Kang Je-gyu Taj Mahal تاج محل or ताज महल Persian Crown of Buildings Indian monument, located in Agra, India Te Deum Latin You, God Christian hymn of praise Tiananmen 天安门/天安門 Chinese Gate of Heavenly Peace Chinese Monument, located in Beijing, People's Republic of China Titash Ekti Nadir Naam তিতাস একটি নদীর নাম Bengali A River Named Titash film by Ritwik Ghatak Todesfuge German Death Fugue poem by Paul Celan Torah תּוֹרָה Hebrew Instruction Judaism's founding legal and ethical religious texts, probably by Moses Tristan und Isolde German Tristan and Iseult opera by Richard Wagner (Tsubaki) Sanjūrō 椿三十郎 or 三十郎 Japanese "Thirty year-old Camellia Tree" or "Thirty year-old" film by Akira Kurosawa Turandot توراندختر Persian Turan's Daughter opera by Giacomo Puccini Vers la flamme French Towards the Flame piano piece by Alexander Scriabin Verklärte Nacht German Transfigured Night string sextet by Arnold Schoenberg Volver Spanish To Return film by Pedro Almodóvar Weiß Kreuz German White Cross (accurately "weißes Kreuz" in German) anime by Ken'ichi Kanemaki Winterreise German Winter Journey song cycle by Franz Schubert Yojimbo 用心棒 Japanese Bodyguard film by Akira Kurosawa Zemlya Земля Ukrainian Soil/Earth film by Alexander Dovzhenko Categories:- Arts-related lists
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