by
Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
Le Printemps n’a point tant de fleurs
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG GER
Le Printemps n’a point tant de fleurs,
L’automne tant de raisins meurs,
L’esté tant de chaleurs haslées,
L’hyver tant de froides gelées :
Ny la mer n’a tant de poisons
Ny la Beauce tant de moyssons
Ny la Bretagne tant d’arenes,
Ny l’Auvergne tant de fontaines,
Ny la nuict tant de clairs flambeaux
Ny les forests tant de rameaux
Que je porte au cueur, ma maitresse,
Pour vous de peine et de tristesse.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Guillaume Boni (c1530 - c1594), "Le printemps n'a point tant de fleurs", published 1607 [ vocal quartet ], from Sonnets de Pierre de Ronsard mis en musique à 4 parties, II, no. 19, Paris, Pierre Ballard [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "Le printemps n'a point tant de fleurs", 1956 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Nicolas Chevereau (b. 1989), "Le printemps n'a point tant de fleurs", 2014, published 2014 [ baritone and piano ], from Quatre poèmes de Ronsard pour baryton et piano, no. 2, Éd. du compositeur [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Groz , "Le Printemps n'a point tant de fleurs", op. 8 no. 5, published [1910] [ voice and piano ], from Les Amours de Marie, no. 5, Paris, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Denise Isabelle Roger (1924 - 2005), "Chanson", 1963, copyright © 1980, first performed 1965 [ medium voice and flute ], from Cinq Mélodies sur des poèmes de Ronsard, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 72
Spring has not as many flowers
Language: English after the French (Français)
Spring has not as many flowers,
Autumn as many ripe grapes,
Summer as many burning heats,
Winter as many freezing colds,
Nor the sea so many fish,
Nor Beauce so many crops,
Nor Brittany so many sands,
Nor the Auvergne so many springs,
Nor the night so many bright torches,
Nor the forests so many branches,
As I bear in my heart, my mistress,
Pains and sadness for you.
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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 69