by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
Quand je te vois, seule, assise, à part...
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Quand je te vois, seule, assise, à part toi, Toute [amusée]1 avecque ta pensée, La tête un peu encontre bas baissée, Te retirant du vulgaire et de moi, Je veux souvent, pour rompre ton émoi, Te saluer, mais ma voix offensée De trop de peur se retient amassée Dedans [ma]2 bouche et me laisse tout coi. Souffrir ne puis les rayons de ta vue, Craintive au corps mon âme tremble émue, Langue ni voix ne font leur action. Seuls mes soupirs, seul mon triste visage Parlent pour moi, et telle passion De mon amour donne assez témoignage.
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 Boni: "amassée"
2 Boni: "la"
Text Authorship:
- by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), first published 1552 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Quand je te vois", 2007 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Guillaume Boni (c1530 - c1594), "Quand je te voy seule assise a par toy", published 1607 [ vocal quartet ], from Sonnets de Pierre de Ronsard mis en musique à 4 parties, II, no. 13, Paris, Pierre Ballard [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Judith Cloud (1954 - 2023), "Quand je te vois, seule..." [ baritone or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Quatre mélodies de Ronsard, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Martin (1890 - 1974), "Quand je te vois, seule, assise, à part toi", 1921 [ mezzo-soprano, flute, viola, and cello ], from Quatre sonnets à Cassandre, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Emanuel Moór (1863 - 1931), "Quand je te vois", op. 88a no. 7 [ voice and piano ], from Premier Recueil de Mélodies, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , "When I see you sitting all by yourself", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Peter Low [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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