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[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.
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View text without footnotes1 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 checked 1 time]
- by Jean de Maletty (flourished 16th century), "Marie vous avez la joue aussi vermeille" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "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
[Marie]1, your cheek is the crimson Of a rose in May, your hair The colour of chestnut, twisted with curls, Nobly wound all about your ears. When you were small, a delightful bee Made his tasty nectar upon your lips; Love left his darts in your severe eyes, Python made your voice unequalled by any other. Your breasts are like two milky mounds Which bloom like, in early spring, Two buds which surround a shrine. Your arms come from Juno, your bust from the Graces, You have the Dawn's brow and hand, But you have the heart of a proud lioness.
1 Boni: "Darling"
Text Authorship:
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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: 2015-02-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 103