by
Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
Comme un qui prend une coupe
See base textLanguage: French (Français)
Comme un qui prend une coupe,
Seul honneur de son trésor,
Et de rang verse à la troupe,
Du vin qui rit dedans l'or:
Ainsi versant la rousée,
Dont ma langue est arrousée
Sus la race des Valoys,
En son doux nectar j'abreuve,
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Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-8 of the original text.
Submitter's note: This is the famous opening of Ronsard’s first Pindaric ode (to Henri II), a direct imitation of Pindar’s 7th Olympic ode
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Set to music by Pierre Cléreau (c1515 - 1569), "Comme un qui prend une coupe", lines 1-8
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- ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Language: English after the French (Français)
As one who takes a cup
Sole distinguished piece of his treasure
And in turn pours out for his followers
Wine which laughs within the gold;
So pouring out the dew
With which my tongue is bedewed
Upon the race of Valois,
In its sweet nectar I salute
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