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by Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye (1536 - 1608)

Villanelle
 (Sung text for setting by C. Saint-Saëns)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Nous sommes filles du village,
Les plus belles du voisinage,
Qui fuyons des gros villageois
Les amours lourds et malcourtois.

 ... 

Ici l'or, les lis et les roses,
La nature les a décloses
Et les a mises de ses mains
A nos beaux chefs, à nos beaux seins.

Des le matin une fonteine,
Ou de rousee une main pleine,
Nous lave et relave les yeux,
La face et le front gracieux.

Nos beautez ne sont augmentees
Par quelques couleurs empruntees,
Nous n'usons en nostre reveil
Ni de blanc fard, ni de vermeil :

Car nostre beauté naturelle
Par dessus tous les fards excelle;
Et fait que l'Aurore palit
En nous voyant sortir du lit.

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Charles Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921), "Villanelle", 1921, published 1921, stanzas 1,4-7 [ voice and piano ], from Vieilles chansons, no. 3, Paris, Durand

Text Authorship:

  • by Jean Vauquelin de la Fresnaye (1536 - 1608), no title, appears in Idillies, no. 59

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This text was added to the website: 2011-04-30
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