Sonnet à Marie | Sonnet | Je vous envoie un bouquet, que ma main

Je vous envoie un bouquet, que ma main

Language: French (Français)

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Je vous envoie un bouquet, que ma main
Vient de trier de ces fleurs épanies,
Qui ne les eut à ces vêpres cueillies,
Tombées à terre elles fussent demain.

Cela vous soit un exemple certain,
Que vos beautés, bien qu'elles soient fleuries,
En peu de temps, seront toutes flétries,
Et, comme fleurs, périront tout soudain.

Le temps s'en va, le temps s'en va ma Dame,
Las ! le temps non, mais nous nous en allons,
Et tôt serons étendus sous la lame,

Et des amours, desquelles nous parlons
Quand serons morts, n'en sera plus nouvelle :
Donc, aimez-moi, cependant qu'êtes belle.

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• J. Leguerney

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Text Authorship:

by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Sonnet à Marie", written 1555?, appears in Continuation des Amours, no. 35 [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), "Je vous envoie un bouquet que ma main", 1953 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by André-Marie Cuvelier , "Le temps s'en va, ma dame", 1938 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons pour Hélène, 3ème recueil, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by J. Gallice , "Sonnet", published [1914] [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. impr. de Delanchy [sung text not yet checked]
by Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819 - 1898), "Le bouquet", op. 42 (Six Poésies de Ronsard) no. 4, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from 40 Poèmes de Ronsard, no. 13, Paris, Éd Simon Richault [sung text not yet checked]
by Jean Huré (1877 - 1930), "Sonnet", 1914, published 1924 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois Mélodies pour Chant et Piano, no. 3, Éd. Maurice Senart [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul-Jean-Jacques Lacôme d'Estalenx (1838 - 1920), "Envoi" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Jacques Leguerney (1906 - 1997), "Je vous envoie", 1943, published 1950 [ voice and piano ], from Poèmes de la Pléiade, Vol. I, no. 1, Éditions Salabert [sung text checked 1 time]
by André Lermyte (1882 - 1963), "Offrande", published 1919 [ mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano ], Éd. Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
by Jacques de Menasce (1905 - 1960), "Le temps s'en va", copyright © 1942, from Pour une princesse, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Emanuel Moór (1863 - 1931), "Sonnet pour Marie ", op. 88a no. 3 [ voice and piano ], from Premier Recueil de Mélodies, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in French (Français), [adaptation] ; composed by René Chansarel, Frank Martin.
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Also set in Portuguese (Português), a translation by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968) , "Paráfrase de Ronsard" ; composed by José Vieira Brandão.
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This text was added to the website: 2010-07-30
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