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by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560)

Sonnet
 (Sung text for setting by L. Talma)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage,
Ou comme cestuy-là qui conquist la Toison,
Et puis est retourné, plein d'usage et raison,
Vivre entre ses parents le reste de son aage!
Quand revoiray-je, hélas! de mon petit village
Fumer la cheminée, et en quelle saison
Revoiray-je le clos de ma pauvre maison,
Qui m'est une province, et beaucoup d'avantage?
Plus me plaist le séjour qu'ont basty mes ayeux,
Que des palais romains le front audacieux,
Plus que le marbre dur me plaist l'ardoise fine;
Plus mon Loyre gaulois que le Tybre latin,
Plus mon petit Lyreé que le mont Palatin,
Et plus que l'air marin la doulceur angevine.

Composition:

    Set to music by Louise Juliette Talma (1906 - 1996), "Sonnet", from Terre de France, no. 2

Text Authorship:

  • by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560), no title, written 1558, appears in Les regrets, no. 31

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "When will I see again, alas", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (E. Adelaide Hahn) , "Sonnet"


Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller

This text was added to the website: 2007-04-25
Line count: 14
Word count: 110

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