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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Bel aubepin verdissant
 (Sung text for setting by C. Janequin)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Bel aubespin verdissant,
  Fleurissant
Le long de ce beau rivage,
Tu es vestu jusq'au bas
  Des longs bras
D'une lambrunche sauvage.

Deux camps drillantz de fourmis
  Se sont mis
En garnison soubz ta souche ;
Et dans ton tronc mi-mangé,
  Arrangé,
Les avettes ont leur couche.

Le gentil rossignolet
  Nouvelet,
Avecque sa bien aymée,
Pour ses amours aleger
  Vient loger
Tous les ans en ta ramée:

 ... 

Or vy, gentil aubespin,
  Vy sans fin,
Vy sans que jamais tonnerre,
Ou la coignée, ou les vens,
  Ou les tems
Te puisse ruer par terre.

Note: in stanza 1, line 4, word 5 has the typo "bras" instead of "bas" in Janequin's score.

Composition:

    Set to music by Clement Janequin (c1495 - c1560), "Bel aubepin verdissant", stanzas 1-3,5

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Ode", appears in Nouvelle continuation des Amours, first published 1556

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2010-10-28
Line count: 30
Word count: 124

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