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by Clément Marot (1496 - 1544)

D'Anne jouant de l'espinette
 (Sung text for setting by M. Ravel)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Lorsque je voy en ordre la brunette
Jeune, en bon point, de la ligne des Dieux,
Et que sa voix, ses doits et l'espinette
Meinent ung bruyct doulx et melodieux,
J'ay du plaisir, et d'oreilles et d'yeulx
Plus que les sainctz en leur gloire immortelle
Et autant qu'eulx je devien glorieux
Dès que je pense estre ung peu ayme d'elle.

Note: "Anne" refers to Anne d'Alençon

Composition:

    Set to music by Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "D'Anne jouant de l'espinette", M. 21 no. 2 (1896), published 1900, first performed 1900 [ voice and harpsichord or piano ], from Épigrammes de Clément Marot, no. 2, Éd. E. Demets

Text Authorship:

  • by Clément Marot (1496 - 1544), "D'Anne", appears in Les Épigrammes, in 2. Livre II, no. 45

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Carl Johengen) , "To Anne as she plays the spinet", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 60

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