Jeunes amoureux nouveaulx
Language: Middle French
Jeunes amoureux nouveaulx,
En la nouvelle saison,
Par les rues, sans raison,
Chevauchent faisans les saulx.
Et font saillir des carreaulx
Le feu, comme de charbon,
Jeunes amoureux nouveaulx,
En la nouvelle saison.
Je ne sçay se leurs travaulx
Ilz employent bien ou non ;
Mais piqués de l'esperon
Sont autant que leurs chevaulx,
Jeunes amoureux nouveaulx.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with
Poésies complètes de Charles D'Orléans : Revues sur les manuscrits avec préface, notes et glossaire par Charles d'Héricault, Tome II, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1874, pages 94-95.
Modernized version:
Jeunes amoureux nouveaux,
En la nouvelle saison,
Par les rues, sans raison,
Chevauchent faisant les sauts.
Et font saillir des carreaux
Le feu, comme de charbon,
Jeunes amoureux nouveaux
En la nouvelle saison.
Je ne sais si leurs travaux
Ils emploient bien ou non ;
Mais piqués de l'éperon
Sont autant que leurs chevaux,
Jeunes amoureux nouveaux.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley, Sir (1903 - 1989), "Rondeau", 1924 [ high voice and piano ], from 3 Early Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Pierre (Onfroy) de Bréville (1861 - 1949), "Jeunes amoureux nouveaulx", 1928, published 1931 [ high voice and piano ], from 12 Rondels, no. 2, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle & Cie [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Colas , "Jeunes amoureux nouveaux", published 1927 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons et rondeaux choisis de Charles d'Orléans 2ème cahier, no. 1, Paris, Édition B. Roudanez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques de Menasce (1905 - 1960), "Rondeau", copyright © 1942, from Pour une princesse, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
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This text was added to the website: 2008-04-06
Line count: 13
Word count: 56
New young lovers
Language: English after the Middle French
New young lovers,
In the new season,
Through the streets, madly
Ride and jump about.
And make the cobbles leap
As fire does coals,
New young lovers,
In the new season.
I don't know if their labors
Are well directed or not;
But they are pricked by the spur
As much as their horses,
New young lovers.
About the headline (FAQ)
Translations of titles:
"Chanson LXXIII" = "Chanson LXXIII"
"Jeunes amoureux nouveaulx" = "New Young Lovers"
"Jeunes amoureux nouveaux" = "New Young Lovers"
"Rondeau" = "Rondeau"
"Rondeau" = "Rondeau"
"Rondel XXIX" = "Rondeau XXIX"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Middle French to English copyright © 2026 by Grant Hicks, (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 Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), title 1: "Rondel XXIX", title 2: "Chanson LXXIII"
This text was added to the website: 2026-07-19
Line count: 13
Word count: 57
