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Petite Nymfe folatre, Nymfette que j'idolatre, Ma mignonne dont les yeus Logent mon pis et mon mieus: Ma doucette, ma sucrée, Ma grace, ma Citherée, Tu me dois pour m'appaiser Mille fois le jour baiser. ... Avance mon quartier, belle, Ma tourtre, ma colombelle ; Avance-moy le quartier De mes payments tout entier. Demeure ; où fuis-tu, maistresse ? Le desir qui trop me presse Ne sçauroit arrester tant S'il n'a son payment contant. Revien, revien, mignonette, Mon doux miel, ma violette, Mon oeil, mon coeur, mes amours Ma cruelle, qui tousjours Trouves quelque mignardise Qui d'une douce feintise Peu à peu mes forces fond, Comme on void dessus un mont S'escouler la neige blanche, Ou comme la rose franche Perd le pourpre de son teint, Du vent de la bize attaint. Où fuis-tu, mon angelette, Mon diamant, ma perlette ? Las ! reviens, mon sucre doux, Sur mon sein, sur mes genoux, Et de cent baisers appaise De mon coeur la chaude braise. ...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3-6 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Alexander Utendal (1543?5 - 1581), "Petite Nymfe folatre", stanzas 1,3-6
Text Authorship:
- by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Amourette"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) (David Wyatt) , "Frolicsome little Nymph", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 58
Word count: 275
Frolicsome little Nymph, Nymphette I idolize, my sweetheart in whose eyes I see my best and my worst, my darling, my sweet, my graceful one, my Cytherea: to calm me you must kiss me a thousand times a day. ... Advance me one quarter, my fair one, My turtledove; Advance me a quarter's Remuneration all together! Wait! Where are you going, mistress? The desire which presses on me so Cannot stop like that If it is not ... happy with its payment. Come back, come back, sweetie, My honey, my violet, Apple of my eye, my heart, my love: O my cruel one, who always Find some charming trick Which with its sweet deception Bit by bit overcomes my strength, Just as you see atop a mountain The white snow suddenly rush down, Or as the fresh rose Loses the purple of its colour, When struck by the breeze of a kiss Where are you going, my little angel My diamond, my little pearl? Come back, my sweetheart To my breast, my lap, And with a hundred kisses calm The burning fire in my heart. ...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3-6 of the original text.
Faith Cormier: first stanza ; David Wyatt : the restText Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2012 by Faith J. Cormier and David Wyatt, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Amourette"
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This text was added to the website: 2012-07-26
Line count: 59
Word count: 306