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Ô Fontaine Bellerie, Belle fontaine chérie De nos Nymphes, quand ton eau Les cache au creux de ta source, Fuyantes le Satyreau, Qui les pourchasse à la course Jusqu'au bord de ton ruisseau, Tu es la Nymphe éternelle De ma terre paternelle : Pource en ce pré verdelet Vois ton Poète qui t'orne D'un petit chevreau de lait, A qui l'une et l'autre corne Sortent du front nouvelet. L'Été je dors ou repose Sur ton herbe, où je compose, Caché sous tes saules verts, Je ne sais quoi, qui ta gloire Enverra par l'univers, Commandant à la Mémoire Que tu vives par mes vers. L'ardeur de la Canicule Ton vert rivage ne brûle, Tellement qu'en toutes parts Ton ombre est épaisse et drue Aux pasteurs venant des parcs, Aux bœufs las de la charrue, Et au bestial épars. Iô ! tu seras sans cesse Des fontaines la princesse, Moi célébrant le conduit Du rocher percé, qui darde Avec un enroué bruit L'eau de ta source jasarde Qui trépillante se suit.
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Text Authorship:
- by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Ô Fontaine Bellerie", appears in Les Odes [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 Rudolf Escher (1912 - 1980), "Ode", 1957, from Ciel, air et vents, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Set in a modified version by Jean Chatillon, William Hawley.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-28
Line count: 35
Word count: 168
O fountain Bellerie1 Fountain fair and dear Of our nymphs, when your water Hides them in the hollow of your spring As they flee from the Satyr Who pursues them in the hunt Right to the edge of your stream, You are the eternal nymph Of my homeland And so in this verdant meadow Look on your poet who honours you With a small suckling kid With its two young horns Newly sprung from its forehead. In summer I sleep or lie down On your bank, where I compose, Hidden under your willows, some Sort of verse to announce Your glory throughout the universe, Lodging it in memory So that you will always live through my verse. The heat of the dog-days Burns not your green banks Since in every part You provide shade deep and dense For the shepherds coming from the fields, For the oxen freed from the plough, And for our scattered livestock. Lo, you will be unendingly Princess of fountains As I celebrate the spring In the pierced rock, from which gush forth With a hoarse sound The chattering waters of your fount Which splashing chase one another.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Ô Fontaine Bellerie", appears in Les Odes
This text was added to the website: 2012-06-23
Line count: 35
Word count: 193