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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Chanson
 (Sung text for setting by L. Gouvy)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Quand ce beau Printemps je vois,
     J'aperçois
  Rajeunir la terre et l'onde
  Il me semble que le jour,
     Et l'Amour,
  Naissent au monde.

 ... 

Quand j'entends la douce voix
     Par les bois
  Du gai rossignol qui chante,
  De toi je pense jouir
     Et ouïr
  Ta voix qui m'enchante.

 ... 

Quand je sens parmi les prés
     Diaprés
  Les fleurs dont la terre est pleine,
  Je fais croire à mes sens
     Que je sens 
  Ta douce haleine.

 ... 

Ah ! maîtresse, mon souci,
     Viens ici,
  Viens contempler la verdure !
  Les fleurs de mon amitié
     Ont pitié,
  Mais toi, tu n'en as cure.

 ... 

 ... 
  Aime-moi, ma Déesse!
  Ne laissons passer en vain
  Les ans de notre jeunesse, aime-moi !

Composition:

    Set to music by Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819 - 1898), "Chanson", op. 42 (Six Poésies de Ronsard) no. 6, published 1876, stanzas 1, 10, 15, 19, 23 (lines 3-4,6) [ voice and piano ], from 40 Poèmes de Ronsard, no. 15, Paris, Éd Simon Richault

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Chanson"

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "When I see the fair Springtime", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Jeroen Scholten , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 138
Word count: 575

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