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Lorsque je voy en ordre la brunette Jeune, en bon point, de la ligne des Dieux, Et que sa voix, ses doits et l'espinette Meinent ung bruyct doulx et melodieux, J'ay du plaisir, et d'oreilles et d'yeulx Plus que les sainctz en leur gloire immortelle Et autant qu'eulx je devien glorieux Dès que je pense estre ung peu ayme d'elle.
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Note: "Anne" refers to Anne d'Alençon
Text Authorship:
- by Clément Marot (1496 - 1544), "D'Anne", appears in Les Épigrammes, in 2. Livre II, no. 45 [author's text not yet checked 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 Raoul Laparra (1876 - 1943), "D'Anne jouant de l'Espinette", published 1927 [ medium voice and piano ], from Le Missel Chantant, Suite de mélodies sur de vieilles poésies françaises - 7ème volume, no. 11, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text not yet checked] - by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "D'Anne jouant de l'espinette", M. 21 no. 2 (1896), published 1900, first performed 1900 [ voice and harpsichord or piano ], from Épigrammes de Clément Marot, no. 2, Éd. E. Demets [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Carl Johengen) , "To Anne as she plays the spinet", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 60
Quan veig bé la moreneta Jove, en bona condició, de la línia dels Déus, I que la seva veu, els dits i l’espineta Fan un so dolç i melodiós, És un gaudi per a les orelles i els ulls Més que els sants en la seva glòria immortal I com ells esdevinc gloriós Des que penso que m’estima una mica.
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Translations of titles:
"D'Anne" = "D'Anne"
"D'Anne jouant de l'espinette" = "D'Anne tocant l'espineta"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Middle French to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2026 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Middle French by Clément Marot (1496 - 1544), "D'Anne", appears in Les Épigrammes, in 2. Livre II, no. 45
This text was added to the website: 2026-06-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 60