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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Je parangonne à ta jeune beauté
 (Sung text for setting by A. Bertrand)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG
Je parangonne à ta jeune beauté.
Qui toujours dure en son printemps nouvelle.
Ce mois d'avril qui ses fleurs renouvelle,
En sa plus gaie et verte nouveauté.

Loin devant toi s'en fuyt la cruauté :
Devant lui fuit la saison plus cruelle.
Il est tout beau, ta face est toute belle :
Ferme est son cours, ferme est ta loyauté :

Il peint les champs de dix mille couleurs,
Tu peins mes vers d'un long émail de fleurs :
D’un doux Zefyr il fait onder les plaines,

Et toy mon cœur d’un soupir larmoyant :
D’un beau cristal son front est rosoyant,
Tu fais sortir de mes yeux deux fontaines.

Composition:

    Set to music by Anthoine de Bertrand (1540? - 1581?), "Je parangonne à ta jeune beauté", 1576, published 1578, first performed 1576 [ vocal quartet a cappella ], from Les Amours de Pierre de Ronsard à 4 parties, Livre 1, no. 25

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title

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

  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "I compare with your young beauty", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2010-03-23
Line count: 14
Word count: 112

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