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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Vous êtes le bouquet de votre bouquet même
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Vous estes le bouquet de vostre bouquet mesme,
Et la fleur de sa fleur, sa grace & sa verdeur.
De vostre douce haleine il a pris son odeur :
Il est, comme je suis, de vostre amour tout blême.

Ma Dame, voyez donc, puis qu'un bouquet vous aime,
Indigne de juger que peut vostre valeur,
Combien doy-je sentir en l'ame de douleur,
Qui sers par jugement votre excellence extrême ?

Mais ainsi qu'un bouquet se flestrit en un jour,
J'ay peur qu'un mesme jour flestrisse vostre amour,
Toute amitié de femme est soudain effacee.

Advienne le destin comme il pourra venir,
Il ne peut de voz yeux m'oster le souvenir :
Il faudroit m'arracher le cœur & la pensee.

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585) [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 Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "Vous êtes le bouquet de votre bouquet même", 1956 [vocal duet for tenor and bass, flute, bassoon], note: the flute and bassoon only join in at the end [ sung text not verified ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "The bouquet", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-06-03
Line count: 14
Word count: 116

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