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by Rémy Belleau (1527/8 - 1577)

Avril
 (Sung text for setting by L. Delibes)
 See base text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
 ... 

Avril, la grace, et le ris
    De Cypris,
Le flair et la douce haleine:
Avril, le parfum des Dieux,
    Qui des cieux
Sentent l'odeur de la plaine.

Avril, c'est ta douce main
    Qui du sein
De la nature desserre
Une moisson de senteurs,
    Et de fleurs,
Embaumant l'Air et la Terre.

 ... 

C'est toy courtois et gentil,
    Qui d'exil
Retires ces passagéres,
Ces arondelles qui vont,
    Et qui sont
Du printemps les messagéres.

Leguerney uses a modernized version: fruicts -> fruits ; prez verds -> prés verts

Composition:

    Set to music by Léo Delibes (1836 - 1891), "Avril", published 1885, stanzas 6,4,7 [ SATB chorus and orchestra; or high voice and piano ], from Quinze mélodies, deux chœurs, no. 4, Éd. Hartmann & Cie.

Text Authorship:

  • by Rémy Belleau (1527/8 - 1577), "Avril", written 1560, appears in La bergerie

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "April", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "April", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2006-03-16
Line count: 78
Word count: 303

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