by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Petite Nymfe folatre,
Nymfette que j'idolatre,
Ma mignonne dont les yeus
Logent mon pis et mon mieus:
Ma doucette, ma sucrée,
Ma grace, ma Citherée,
Tu me dois pour m'appaiser
Mille fois le jour baiser.

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Composition:

    Set to music by Clement Janequin (c1495 - c1560), "Petite nymphe folastre", 1552, stanza 1

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

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) (David Wyatt) , "Frolicsome little Nymph", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 58
Word count: 275