by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560)
Le vrai amour See original
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Le vrai amour naît du premier regard Et ne veut point se façonner par art: Et c'est pourquoi ces moitiés séparées, Étant jadis dans le monde égarées, Se retrouvant si bien se rejoignaient, Que jamais plus elles ne s'éloignaient.
Composition:
- Set to music by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Le vrai amour", op. 409 no. 1 (1964), published 1966 [ soprano and piano ], from L'amour chante, no. 1, Bryn Mawr, Theodore Presser and Co.
Text Authorship:
- by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560), "Élégie d'amour", appears in Divers Jeux Rustiques, no. 21
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