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Rossignol mon mignon, qui dans cette saulaie Vas seul de branche en branche à ton gré voletant, Degoisant à l'envie de moi qui vais chantant Celle qui faut toujours que dans la bouche j'aie. Nous soupirons tous deux; ta douce voix s'essaie De flechir celle-là, qui te va tourmentant, Et moi, je suis aussi cette-là regrettant Qui m'a fait dans le coeur une si aigre plaie. Toutefois, Rossignol, nous différons d'un point C'est que tu es aimé, et je ne le suis point, Bien que tous deux ayons les Musiques pareilles: Car tu fléchis t'amie au doux bruit de tes sons, Mais la mienne qui prend à dépit mes chansons Pour ne les écouter se bouche les oreilles.
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- by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Guillaume Boni (c1530 - c1594), "Rossignol mon mignon", published 1607 [ vocal quartet ], from Sonnets de Pierre de Ronsard mis en musique à 4 parties, II, no. 12, Paris, Pierre Ballard [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean Chatillon (1937 - 2019), "Rossignol", 2007 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819 - 1898), "Rossignol, mon mignon", op. 44 (Huit Poésies de Ronsard) no. 2, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from 40 Poèmes de Ronsard, no. 17, Paris, Éd Simon Richault [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude Le Jeune (c1528 - c1600), "Rossignol mon mignon" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean de Maletty (flourished 16th century), "Rossignol mon mignon" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean Rivier (1896 - 1987), "Rossignol mon mignon", 1944, published 1957 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes de Ronsard et un de Clément Marot, no. 2, Éd. Salabert [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Albert Roussel (1869 - 1937), "Rossignol mon mignon", op. 26 no. 1 (1924), published 1924 [ flute and soprano ], from Deux poèmes de Ronsard, no. 1, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Fair nightingale", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 118
Fair nightingale, flitting as you will from branch to branch of the willows, alone, singing as I would that I could sing She who must always be in my mouth. We both sigh. Your sweet voice tries to sound the love of one who loves you so, and I sadly regret the beauty who has so wounded my heart. There is one difference between us, nightingale, although we both have the same music. You are loved, and I am not. Your love yields before the sweet sounds you make, but mine scorns my songs and covers her ears so as not to hear them.
Note: this is a translation for Boni, Maletty, Le Jeune, Rivier, and Roussel.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title
This text was added to the website: 2005-02-02
Line count: 14
Word count: 104