Absence, forgetfulness, the course of time

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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Translation © by David Wyatt

L'absence, ni l'oubli, ni la course du...

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

L'absence, ni l'oubli, ni la course du jour
N’ont effacé le nom, les grâces et l’amour
Qu’au cœur je m'imprimai dès ma jeunesse tendre,
Fait nouveau serviteur de toi, belle Cassandre…
Et si l'âge…
En coulant a perdu un peu de nos jeunesses,
Cassandre, c'est tout un, car je n'ai pas égard
À ce qui est présent, mais au premier regard,
Au trait qui me navra de ta grâce enfantine…

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Text Authorship:

by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "À Cassandre" [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 Ina Bottelier (b. 1943), "Derniers vers pour Cassandre", published 2001, copyright © 1992 [voice and piano or guitar], from Quatre Poèmes de Ronsard, no. 4, Heiloo (Hollande / Netherlands), Éd. Nieuwe Lente/Red Frog Music [ sung text not verified ]

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ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2014-10-30
Line count: 9
Word count: 70

Absence, forgetfulness, the course of...

Language: English after the French (Français)

Absence, forgetfulness, the course of time:
None have wiped away the name, the grace, the love
Which I have imprinted on my heart since tender youth,
When newly-made your servant, fair Cassandre…
And if age, …
Slipping away, has lost a little of our youthfulness,
Cassandre, it’s all one – for I have no regard
For what is present, but rather for that first glance,
That wound, from your childlike grace, which struck me through …

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a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "À Cassandre"
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This text was added to the website: 2017-06-10
Line count: 9
Word count: 76