by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Comme un qui prend une coupe
 (Sung text for setting by P. Cléreau)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
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,
 ...

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

Composition:

    Set to music by Pierre Cléreau (c1515 - 1569), "Comme un qui prend une coupe", lines 1-8

Text Authorship:

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2014, (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: 10
Word count: 56