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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Pour boire dessus l'herbe tendre
 (Sung text for setting by L. Gouvy)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
Pour boire dessus l'herbe tendre
Je veux sous un laurier m'étendre,
Et veux qu'Amour, d'un petit brin
Ou de lin ou de chènevière
Relève sa robe légère,
Et gaiment me verse du vin.

La vie incertaine de l'homme
De jour en jour se roule comme
Aux rives se roulent les flots :
Puis après notre heure dernière
Rien ne nous reste en la bière
Que la poussière de nos os.

Je  ...  veux, selon la coutume,
Que d'encens ma tombe on parfume,
Ni qu'on y verse des odeurs ;
Mais tandis que je suis envie,
J'ai de me parfumer envie,
Et de me couronner de fleurs,

Qu'on verse des odeurs !
Qu'on me qouronne de fleurs !

 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819 - 1898), "Pour boire dessus l'herbe tendre", op. 43 (Quatre chansons) no. 3, published 1876, stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ], from 40 Poèmes de Ronsard, no. 39, Paris, Éd Simon Richault

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title, appears in Les Odes, no. 17

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "To drink upon the tender grass", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Linda Godry) (Heide Wiesner) , "Ein Glas auf weichem Gras zu trinken", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-06-03
Line count: 24
Word count: 147

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