by Tristan L'Hermite François (1601 - 1655)
Crois mon conseil, chère Climène See original
Language: French (Français)
... 14. Crois mon conseil, chère Climène ; Pour laisser arriver le soir, Je te prie, allons nous asseoir Sur le bord de cette fontaine. N'ouïs-tu pas soupirer Zéphire, De merveille et d'amour atteint, Voyant des roses sur ton teint, Qui ne sont pas de son empire ? Sa bouche, d'odeur toute pleine, A soufflé sur notre chemin, Mêlant un esprit de jasmin À l'ambre de ta douce haleine. ...
Composition:
- Set to music by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Crois mon conseil, chère Climène", L. 129/(118) no. 2 (1909), stanzas 14-16 [ voice and piano ], from Le promenoir des deux amants, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Tristan L'Hermite François (1601 - 1655), "Le Promenoir des deux amants", written 1638, appears in Les Amours de Tristan, Chez Pierre Billaine, rue St Jacques à Paris, first published 1638
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , "Take my advice, dear Climene", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Stephen Shea) , "I tremble when I see your face", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [an adaptation]
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Nele Gramß) , copyright © 2007, (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.
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Word count: 609