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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
Translation

Je compare à ta jeune beauté
Language: French (Français)  after the French (Français) 
Je compare à ta jeune beauté,
Qui fleurit toujours nouvelle,
Ce mois d'avril qui ses fleurs renouvelle
En sa plus gaie et verte nouveauté.

Loin de toi fuira la cruauté,
Comme fuit la saison plus cruelle.
Il est tout beau comme toi toute belle.

Il peint les bords, les forêts et les plaines,
Tu peins mes vers d'un bel émail de fleurs :
Du laboureur il arrose les peines,

D'un vain espoir tu berces mes douleurs.
Du ciel sur les prés Avril ouvre les fontaines,
Tu fais de mes yeux couler des torrents de pleurs.

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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 Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819 - 1898), "Je compare à ta jeune beauté", op. 41 (Neuf Poésies de Ronsard) no. 5, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from 40 Poèmes de Ronsard, no. 5, Paris, Éd Simon Richault [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2024-03-21
Line count: 13
Word count: 94

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