by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
[No title] See original
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Quand ce beau Printemps je vois,
J'aperçois
Rajeunir la terre et l'onde
Et me semble que le jour,
Et l'Amour,
Comme enfants naissent au monde.
Le jour qui plus beau se fait,
Nous refait
Plus belle et verte la terre,
Et Amour armé de traits
Et d'attraits,
Dans nos coeurs nous fait la guerre.
Il répand de toutes parts
Feux et dards
Et dompte sous sa puissance
Hommes, bestes et oiseaux,
Et les eaux
Lui jurent obeïssance.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Georges Auric (1899 - 1983), no title, alternate title: "Printemps", 1935, published 1935, stanzas 1-3 [ medium voice and piano ], note: composed for Édouard Bourdet's play Margot (1935) in which Yvonne Printemps played the role of Marguerite of Navarre; Paris, Durand
Text Authorship:
- by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Chanson"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "When I see the fair Springtime", 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.
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