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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

[No title]
 (Sung text for setting by F. Martin)
 Matches base text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Quand je te vois, seule, assise, à part toi,
Toute amusée avecque ta pensée,
La tête un peu encontre bas baissée,
Te retirant du vulgaire et de moi,

Je veux souvent, pour rompre ton émoi,
Te saluer, mais ma voix offensée
De trop de peur se retient amassée
Dedans ma bouche et me laisse tout coi.

Souffrir ne puis les rayons de ta vue,
Craintive au corps mon âme tremble émue,
Langue ni voix ne font leur action.

Seuls mes soupirs, seul mon triste visage
Parlent pour moi, et telle passion
De mon amour donne assez témoignage.

Composition:

    Set to music by Frank Martin (1890 - 1974), no title, 1921 [ mezzo-soprano, flute, viola, and cello ], from Quatre sonnets à Cassandre, no. 4

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), first published 1552

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "When I see you sitting all by yourself", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Peter Low [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 97

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