I wish that, in the rich yellow | I wish that, in the rich yellow

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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Translation © by David Wyatt

Je voudroy bien richement jaunissant

(Sung text for setting by G. Boni)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Je voudroy bien richement jaunissant
En pluye d’or goute à goute descendre
Dans le giron de ma belle Cassandre,
Lors qu'en ses yeux le somne va glissant.

Je voudroy bien en toreau blanchissant
Me transformer pour finement la prendre,
Quand elle va par l'herbe la plus tendre
Seule, à l'ecart, mille fleurs ravissant.

Je voudroy bien pour alleger ma peine,
Estre un Narcisse et elle une fontaine,
Pour m'y plonger une nuict à sejour :

Et voudroy bien que ceste nuict encore
Fust eternelle, et que jamais l'Aurore
D'un front nouveau nous rallumast le jour.

Composition:

Guillaume Boni

Sonnets de Pierre de Ronsard mis en musique à 4 parties, I

Text Authorship:

by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title

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ENG English (David Wyatt) , "I wish that, in the rich yellow", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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I wish that, in the rich yellow

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Boni)

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Language: English after the French (Français)

I wish that, in the rich yellow
Of a rain of gold, I could fall drop by drop
Into the lap of my fair Cassandre,
As sleep slips over her eyes.

Indeed I wish that I could transform myself
Into a white bull, to carefully take her
When she walks in the softest, newest grass
Alone, at a distance, stealing a thousand flowers..

I wish that, to lessen my pain,
I could be a Narcissus and she a fountain,
So that I could dive in one night to stay :

And truly I wish that night were indeed
Eternal, and that Dawn would never
With his new face bring back the day to us.

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