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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
Translation

À Nicolas
Language: French (Français)  after the French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
Nicolas, faisons bonne chère,
Pendant qu'en avons le loisir,
Trompons le soin et la misère
Ennemis de notre plaisir.

Purgeons l'humeur qui nous enflamme
D'avarice et d'ambition,
Ayons, philosophes, une âme
Franche de toute passion,

Chassons le soin, chassons la peine,
Contentons-nous de n'être rien,
Quand notre âme sera bien saine
Tout le corps se portera bien.

Quand la fièvre, dont la mémoire
Me fait encore frissonner
Ne t'aurait appris qu'à bien boire,
Tu ne la dois abandonner :

Bois ! bois souvent, et bois encore, bois !

À toutes les fois que l'envie
Te prendra de boire, rebois !
Bois souvent, aussi bien la vie
N'est pas si longue que le doigt. 

Nicolas ! bois encore, bois encore, bois !

The text shown is a variant of another text. [ View differences ]
It is based on

  • a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "À Simon Nicolas, Secretaire du Roy", appears in Les Odes, no. 13, first published 1584
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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), "À Nicolas", op. 43 (Quatre chansons) no. 2, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from 40 Poèmes de Ronsard, no. 38, Paris, Éd Simon Richault [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "To Nicholas", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Linda Godry) (Heide Wiesner) , "Für Nicolas", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Vinzenz Haab

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-12
Line count: 22
Word count: 115

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