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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Soit que son or se crêpe lentement
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
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Soit que son or se crêpe lentement
Ou soit qu'il vague en deux glissantes ondes,
Qui çà, qui là par le sein vagabondes,
Et sur le col, nagent folâtrement ;

Ou soit qu'un noeud illustré richement
De maints rubis et maintes perles rondes,
Serre les flots de ses deux tresses blondes,
Mon coeur se plaît en son contentement.

Quel plaisir est-ce, ainçois quelle merveille,
Quand ses cheveux, troussés dessus l'oreille,
D'une Vénus imitent la façon ?

Quand d'un bonnet son chef elle adonise,
Et qu'on ne sait s'elle est fille ou garçon,
Tant sa beauté en tous deux se déguise ?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title [author's text checked 1 time 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 Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "Soit que son or se crespe lentement", 1957 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-02-07
Line count: 14
Word count: 98

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