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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Bel aubépin
 (Sung text for setting by J. Rivier)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Bel aubépin, verdissant, 
  Fleurissant 
Le long de ce beau rivage, 
Tu es vêtu jusqu'au bas 
  Des longs bras 
D'une lambruche sauvage. 

Deux camps drillants de fourmis 
Se sont mis 
En garnison sous ta souche; 
Et dans ton tronc mimangé, 
Arrangé, 
Les avettes ont leur couche. 

Le gentil rossignolet 
Nouvelet, 
Avecque sa bien-aimée, 
Pour ses amours alléger 
Vient loger 
Tous les ans dans ta ramée. 

Sur ta cime il fait son nid 
Bien garni 
De laine et de fine soie, 
Où ses petits écloront, 
Qui seront 
De mes mains la douce proie. 

Or vis, gentil aubépin, 
Vis sans fin, 
Vis sans que jamais tonnerre, 
Ou la cognée, ou les vents, 
Ou les temps
Te puissent ruer par terre.

Note: in stanza 1, line 4, word 5 has the typo "bras" instead of "bas" in Janequin's score.

Composition:

    Set to music by Jean Rivier (1896 - 1987), "Bel aubépin", 1944, published 1957 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes de Ronsard et un de Clément Marot, no. 1, Éd. Salabert

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Ode", appears in Nouvelle continuation des Amours, first published 1556

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2010-10-28
Line count: 30
Word count: 124

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