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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Translation © by Faith J. Cormier, David Wyatt

Bonjour mon cœur

(Sung text for setting by P. Monte)

See original

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CHI ENG

Bonjour mon cœur
Bonjour mon cœur,
Bonjour ma douce vie,
Bonjour mon œil
Bonjour ma chere amie!

Hé! bonjour, ma toute belle,
Ma mignardise,
Bonjour, mes délices,
Mon amour,
Mon doux printemps,
Ma douce fleur nouvelle,
Mon doux plaisir,
Ma douce colombelle,
Mon passereau, ma gente tourterelle!
Bonjour ma douce rebelle.

Je veux mourir 
Si plus on me reproche
Que mon service
Est plus froid qu'une roche,

De t'avoir laissé maistresse
Pour aller suivre le roy
Mandiant je ne sçay quoy
Que le vulgaire
Appelle une largesse.
Plustoste perisse honneur,
Cour et richesse,
Que pour les biens
Jamais je te relaisse,
Ma douce et belle deesse.

Composition:

Philippe de Monte

Text Authorship:

by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

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CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) (David Wyatt) , "Hail, my heart", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 29
Word count: 108

Hail, my heart

(Sung text translation for setting by P. Monte)

See original

Language: English after the French (Français)

Hail, my heart
Hail, my heart; 
hail, my sweet life; 
hail, my eye; 
hail, my dear friend.

Hail, oh hail, my beauty, 
my sweetheart; 
hail, my sweet one, 
my love, 
my sweet spring, 
my delicate new flower, 
my sweet pleasure, 
my gentle little dove,
my sparrow, my turtledove!
Hail, my sweet rebel.

I wish to die
If any further I'm reproached
That my service
Is colder than a stone,

Of having left you, mistress,
To go and follow the king
And to beg for some thing
Which the common herd
Call a handout.
Rather let honour perish
And court and riches
Than that for possessions
I should ever let you go
My sweet and lovely goddess.

First two stanzas by Faith Cormier (for the setting by Lassus); last two by David Wyatt.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 29
Word count: 116