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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Marie vous avez la joue aussi vermeille
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
[Marie]1 vous avez la joue aussi vermeille
Qu'une rose de may ; vous avez les cheveux
De couleur de chastaigne, entrefrisez de nœuds,
Gentement tortillez tout autour de l'oreille.

Quand vous estiez petite, une mignarde abeille
Sur vos lèvres forma son nectar savoureux,
Amour laissa ses traits dans vos yeux rigoureux,
Pithon vous fit la voix à nulle autre [pareille]2 

Vous avez [les tetins]3 comme deux monts de lait,
Qui pommelent ainsi qu'au printemps nouvelet
Pommelent deux boutons que leur châsse environne.

De Junon sont vos bras, des Graces vostre sein ;
Vous avez de l'Aurore et le front et la main,
Mais vous avez le cœur d'une fiere Lionne.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   G. Boni •   J. de Maletty 

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1 Boni: "Mignonne"
2 Boni: "seconde"
3 Maletty: "le tetin"

Text Authorship:

  • 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), "Mignonne vous avez la jouë aussi vermeille", published 1607 [vocal quartet], from Sonnets de Pierre de Ronsard mis en musique à 4 parties, II, no. 8, Paris, Pierre Ballard [ sung text verified 1 time]
  • by Jean de Maletty (flourished 16th century), "Marie vous avez la joue aussi vermeille" [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Marie, your cheek is the crimson", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2015-02-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 111

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