Frolicsome little Nymph | Frolicsome little Nymph

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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Translation © by Faith J. Cormier, David Wyatt

Petite Nymfe folatre

(Sung text for setting by F. Regnard)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Petite Nymfe folatre,
Nymfette que j'idolatre,
Ma mignonne dont les yeus
Logent mon pis et mon mieus:
Ma doucette, ma sucrée,
Ma grace, ma Citherée,
Tu me dois pour m'appaiser
Mille fois le jour baiser.

 ... 

Où fuis-tu, mon amelette,
Mon diamant, ma perlette ?
Las !  reviens, mon sucre doux,
Sur mon sein, sur mes genoux,
Et de cent baisers appaise
De mon coeur la chaude braise.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,6 of the original text.

Composition:

François Regnard

Text Authorship:

by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Amourette"

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ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) (David Wyatt) , "Frolicsome little Nymph", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 58
Word count: 275

Frolicsome little Nymph

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Regnard)

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Language: English after the French (Français)

Frolicsome little Nymph,
Nymphette I idolize,
my sweetheart in whose eyes
I see my best and my worst,
my darling, my sweet,
my graceful one, my Cytherea:
to calm me you must kiss me
a thousand times a day.

 ... 

Where are you going, my little angel
soul
My diamond, my little pearl?
Come back, my sweetheart
To my breast, my lap,
And with a hundred kisses calm
The burning fire in my heart.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,6 of the original text.

Faith Cormier: first stanza ; David Wyatt : the rest

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a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Amourette"
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This text was added to the website: 2012-07-26
Line count: 59
Word count: 306