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by Thibaut Ier de Navarre (1201 - 1253)
Translation by Joseph 'Chevalier' Bard (1803 - 1861)

Lai de Thibaut de Champagne
Language: French (Français)  after the Old French (Ancien français) 
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Quand je vois la rose odorante
Sur les gazons de mon jardin
Tendre sa tête caressante
Vers le myrthe ou vers le jasmin, 
Quand j'aperçois la pastourelle, 
Désarmant avec des yeux doux
Celui qui l'appelait cruelle, 
Belle reine, je pense à vous. 

Je me dis, trop amiable Blanche, 
Ah ! puissè-je être l'arbrisseau
Dont l'églantine qui se penche
Effleure le pliant rameau ! 
Puissè-je être, dans le village 
Le pâtre, ce futur époux,
Qu'un mot console sous l'ombrage,
Mais dans ces vœux je pense à vous.

Text Authorship:

  • by Joseph 'Chevalier' Bard (1803 - 1861) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Old French (Ancien français) by Thibaut Ier de Navarre (1201 - 1253) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Émile Guimet (1836 - 1918), "Lai de Thibaut de Champagne" [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons d'amour, no. 14, Éd. Durand & Schoenewerck [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-02
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