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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Ton nom que mon vers dira
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ton nom que mon vers dira,
Tout le monde remplira
De ta louange notoire
Un tas qui chantent de toy
Ne sçavent si bien que moy
Comme il me faut sonner ta gloire.
Jupiter ayant mémoire
D’une vieille destinée
Autrefois determinée
Par l’oracle de Themis
A commandé que Florence
Dessous les loix de la Franche
Te courbe le chef soubmis.

Le comble de ton sçavoir
Et de tes vertus ensemble
Dit que l’on ne sçauroit voir
Rien que toy qui te resemble.
Quelle dame a la pratique
De tant de mathematique ?
Quelle princesse entend mieux
Du grand monde la peinture,
Les chemins de la nature
Et la musique des cieux ?

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   P. Cléreau 

P. Cléreau sets stanza 1

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Pierre Cléreau (c1515 - 1569), "Ton nom que mon vers dira", stanza 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "Ton nom que mon vers dira" [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Your name, of which my verse will speak", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2015-08-07
Line count: 23
Word count: 110

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