鬓角花白之前这段时间，

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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Translation © by Dr Huaixing Wang

Avant le temps tes tempes fleuriront

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CHI ENG

"Avant le temps tes tempes fleuriront, 
De peu de jours ta fin sera bornée, 
Avant [le]¹ soir se clora ta journée, 
Trahis d'espoir tes pensers périront ; 

Sans me fléchir tes écrits flétriront, 
[En]² ton désastre ira ma destinée, 
Ta mort sera pour [m'aimer]³ terminée, 
De tes soupirs [nos]⁴ neveux se riront. 

Tu seras fait d'un vulgaire la fable, 
Tu bâtiras sur l'incertain du sable 
Et vainement tu peindras dans les cieux." 

Ainsi disait la nymphe qui m'affole, 
Lorsque le ciel, témoin de sa parole, 
D'un dextre éclair fut présage à mes yeux.

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• F. Martin

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¹ Martin: "ton"
² Martin: "Dans"
³ Martin: "m'amour"
⁴ Martin: "tes"

Text Authorship:

by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title, appears in L'amour de Cassandre , no. 4, first published 1552 [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 Frank Martin (1890 - 1974), "Avant le temps tes tempes fleuriront", 1921 [ mezzo-soprano, flute, viola, and cello ], from Quatre sonnets à Cassandre, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , subtitle: "鬓角花白之前这段时间", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Peter Low) , "Your hair will prematurely blossom white", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Peter Low [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 96

鬓角花白之前这段时间，

Language: Chinese (中文) after the French (Français)

鬓角花白之前这段时间，
没有几天就要到达终点，
白昼将停止于傍晚之前，
思想消失伴随希望背叛；

你的著作萎缩我心漠然，
我的命运导致你的灾难，
你的死亡终止我的爱怜
后代子孙笑话你的感叹。

你将成为一个低俗寓言，
你的建筑基于流动沙滩，
长天作画徒留痴心惘然。

仙女预言使我惊魂丧胆，
苍天可以作证她不虚言，
闪电作为凶兆照亮我眼。

Subtitle: "鬓角花白之前这段时间"

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title, appears in L'amour de Cassandre , no. 4, first published 1552
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-23
Line count: 14
Word count: 14