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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Sur la mort de Marie
 (Sung text for setting by W. Hawley)
 Matches original text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Comme on voit sur la branche au mois de May la rose
En sa belle jeunesse, en sa premiere fleur
Rendre le ciel jaloux de sa vive couleur,
Quand l'Aube de ses pleurs au poinct du jour l'arrose:
La grace dans sa fueille, et l'amour se repose,
Embasmant les jardins et les arbres d'odeur:
Mais batue ou de pluye, ou d'excessive ardeur,
Languissante elle meurt fueille à fueille déclose:
Ainsi en ta premiere et jeune nouveauté,
Quand la terre et le ciel honoroient ta beauté,
La Parque t'a tuée, et cendre tu reposes.
Pour obseques reçoy mes larmes et mes pleurs,
Ce vase plein de laict, ce panier plein de fleurs,
Afin que vif, et mort, ton corps ne soit que roses.

Composition:

    Set to music by William Hawley (b. 1950), "Sur la mort de Marie", first performed 1997 [ SATB chorus and piano ], from Chansons de Ronsard, no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title, appears in Les Amours (1553), appears in Sur la mort de Marie

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "On the death of Marie", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-10-28
Line count: 14
Word count: 122

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