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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Je vous envoie
 (Sung text for setting by J. Leguerney)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG GER
Je vous envoie un bouquet, que ma main
Vient de trier de ces fleurs épanies,
Qui ne les eut à ces vêpres cueillies,
Chutes à terre elles fussent demain.

Cela vous soit un exemple certain,
Que vos beautés, bien qu'elles soient fleuries,
En peu de temps, seront toutes flétries,
Et, comme fleurs, périront tout soudain.

Le temps s'en va, le temps s'en va ma Dame,
Las ! le temps non, mais nous nous en allons,
Et tôt serons étendus sous la lame,

Et des amours, desquelles nous parlons
Quand serons morts, n'en sera plus nouvelle :
Pour ce aimez-moi, cependant qu'êtes belle.

Composition:

    Set to music by Jacques Leguerney (1906 - 1997), "Je vous envoie", 1943, published 1950 [ voice and piano ], from Poèmes de la Pléiade, Vol. I, no. 1, Éditions Salabert

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Sonnet à Marie", written 1555?, appears in Continuation des Amours, no. 35

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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) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-07-30
Line count: 14
Word count: 102

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