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by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560)
Translation © by Barbara Miller

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

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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

When will I see again, alas
 (Sung text translation for setting by L. Talma)
 See original
Language: English  after the French (Français) 
When will I see again, alas, of my little village
The smoke of the chimney, and in which season,
Will I see the garden enclosure of my poor house,
Which to me is a country and much more?

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2007 by Barbara Miller, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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  • a text in French (Français) by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560), no title, written 1558, appears in Les regrets, no. 31
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This text was added to the website: 2007-04-25
Line count: 4
Word count: 38

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