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by Louise Labé (1526 - 1566)

On voit mourir toute chose animée
 (Sung text for setting by A. Reimann)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
On voit mourir toute chose animée,
Lors que du corps l'âme subtile part.
Je suis le corps, toi la meilleure part :
Où es-tu donc, ô âme bien-aimée ?

Ne me laissez par si long temps pâmée,
Pour me sauver après viendrais trop tard.
Las ! ne mets point ton corps en ce hasard :
Rends-lui sa part et moitié estimée.

Mais fais, Ami, que ne soit dangereuse
Cette rencontre et revue amoureuse,
L'accompagnant, non de sévérité,

Non de rigueur, mais de grâce amiable,
Qui doucement me rende ta beauté,
Jadis cruelle, à présent savorable.

Composition:

    Set to music by Aribert Reimann (b. 1936), "On voit mourir toute chose animée", op. 10 no. 3 (1986), published 1988 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Neun Sonette der Louize Labé, no. 3, Mainz, B. Schott's Söhne; confirmed with a CD booklet

Text Authorship:

  • by Louise Labé (1526 - 1566), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 7, first published 1555

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Rainer Maria Rilke) , no title, appears in Die vierundzwanzig Sonette der Louize Labé, Lyoneserin : 1555, no. 7


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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-28
Line count: 14
Word count: 93

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