Marie's epitaph | Here lie your bones, my fair Marie

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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Translation © by David Wyatt

Épitaphe de Marie

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Ci reposent les os de toi, belle Marie,
Qui me fis pour Anjou quitter mon Vendômois,
Qui m’échauffas le sang au plus vert de mes mois,
Qui fus toute mon cœur, mon bien et mon envie.

Text Authorship:

by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Épitaphe de Marie" [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), "Épitaphe de Marie", 1957 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Marie's epitaph", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2017-02-01
Line count: 4
Word count: 36

Marie's epitaph

Language: English after the French (Français)

Here lie your bones, my fair Marie,
You made me leave my own Vendôme for Anjou,
You warmed my blood in my most vigorous months,
You were all my heart, my good and my desire.

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a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Épitaphe de Marie"
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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-30
Line count: 4
Word count: 35