Vivons, mignarde ! | Vivons, mignarde, vivons

by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE)

Translation by Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532 - 1589)

Vivons, mignarde, vivons

Language: French (Français) after the Latin

Vivons, mignarde, vivons, 
  Et suivons
Les ébats qu'Amour nous donne,
Sans que des vieux rechignez,
  Renfrognez,
Le sot babil nous estonne ;

Les jours qui viennent et vont 
  Se refont,
Le soleil mort se releve ;
Mais une trop longue nuit, 
  Las ! nous suit 
Apres une clarté bréve.

Tandis que nous la voyons,
  Employons,
Ce doux vivre, ô ma Meline :
Ça donq, mignonne, vien ten, 
  Et me ten 
Ta bouchette coraline...

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Poésies choisies de J.-A. de Baïf, Paris, Simon Raçon et Comp., pages 111-112.

Text Authorship:

by Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532 - 1589), no title [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Latin by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 5
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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 Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Vivons, mignarde !", published 1907 [ vocal quartet (soprano, contralto, tenor, and bass) or four-part mixed chorus with piano ad libitum ], from Chansons et Madrigaux, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] ; composed by Henry Purcell.
Also set in French (Français), a translation by Georges Lafaye (1854 - 1927) ; composed by Darius Milhaud.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-06-21
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Word count: 69