My darling, get up, you are being lazy | My darling, get up, you are being lazy

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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Translation © by David Wyatt

Mignonne, levés‑vous, vous estes...

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Mignonne, levés-vous, vous estes paresseuse,
Ja la gay' Alouette au ciel a fredonné,
Et ja le Rossignol frisquement jargonné,
Dessus l'espine assis, sa complainte amoureuse.

Debout donq, allon voir l'herbelette perleuse, 
Et vostre beau rosier de boutons couronné, 
Et voz oeillets aimés, ausquels avés donné 
Hyer au soir de l'eau, d'une main si songneuse.

Hier en vous couchant, vous me fistes promesse
D'estre plus tost que moy ce matin éveillée,
Mais le sommeil vous tient encor toute sillée:

Ha! je vous puniray du peché de paresse,
Je vois baiser cent fois vostr' oeil, vostre tetin,
A fin de vous aprendr' à vous lever matin.

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Text Authorship:

by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title, appears in Continuation des Amours, no. 23, first published 1555 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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My darling, get up, you are being lazy

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Language: English after the French (Français)

My darling, get up, you are being lazy,
Already the happy lark has sung in the sky
And the nightingale coolly chattered,
Sitting on the tree top, of her lovers' complaint.

Up then, let's go and see the dewy grass
And your lovely rose bush crowned with dewdrops
And your beloved pinks, to which you gave
Water last night with so carefully with your own hand.

Yesterday as you laid down you promised me
To wake earlier than me this morning
But you are still all soiled with sleep

Oho, I will punish you for the sin of laziness,
I will kiss your eyes a hundred times, your nipples too,
In order to teach you to get up in the morning.

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a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title, appears in Continuation des Amours, no. 23, first published 1555
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This text was added to the website: 2012-06-23
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Word count: 126