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by Honorat de Bueil, Seigneur de Racan (1589 - 1670)

Le retour du printemps
 (Sung text for setting by B. Godard)
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Language: French (Français) 
Voici que les frais ombrages
Reverdissent dans les bois
L'hiver et tous ses orages
Sont en prison pour six mois

Enfin la neige et la glace
Font à la verdure place
Enfin le beau temps reluit
Et Philomèle assurée
De la faveur de Térée
Chante aux forêts jour et nuit

Déjà les fleurs qui bourgeonnent
Rajeunissent les vergers
Tous les échos ne résonnent
Que des chansons des bergers

Enfin la neige et la glace
Font à la verdure place
Enfin le beau temps reluit
Et Philomèle assurée
De la faveur de Térée
Chante aux forêts jour et nuit

Composition:

    Set to music by Benjamin Louis Paul Godard (1849 - 1895), "Le retour du printemps", op. 38 no. 2, published c1878 [ medium voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Honorat de Bueil, Seigneur de Racan (1589 - 1670), "La venue du printemps"

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