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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

À la Fontaine Bellerie
 (Sung text for setting by J. Leguerney)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG
Écoute un peu, Fontaine vive, 
En qui j'ai rebu si souvent, 
Couché tout plat dessus ta rive, 
Oisif à la fraîcheur du vent, 
Quand l'été ménager moissonne 
Le sein de Cérès dévêtu, 
Et l'aire par compas résonne 
Gémissant sous le blé battu. 
Ainsi toujours puisses-tu être. 
En religion à tous ceux
Qui te boiront ou feront paître
Tes verts rivages à leurs bœufs
Ainsi toujours la lune claire 
Voie à minuit au fond d'un val 
Les Nymphes près de ton repaire 
A mille bonds mener le bal! 
 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Jacques Leguerney (1906 - 1997), "À la Fontaine Bellerie", 1945, published 1986, first performed 1950 [ soprano and piano ], from Poèmes de la Pléiade, Vol. V, no. 1, Paris, Max Eschig

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "À la même fontaine", appears in Les odes de jeunesse, no. 4

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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 (Faith J. Cormier) , "To a fountain", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-06-01
Line count: 20
Word count: 108

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