Farewell, farewell, lovely young nymph

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and sometimes misattributed to Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Translation © by David Wyatt

Adieu, adieu, ma nimphette amiable

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Adieu, adieu, ma nimphette amiable 
Mon doux repos mon plaisir mon soulas;
Adieu les yeux qui me faites helas
Vivre et mourir. Adieu l’acueil affable

Adieu regard qui m’est plus agréable
Que le clair jour. Adieu tous mes esbas
Suivre lesquelz jamais ne serois las.
Mais puis qu’il faut desloger miserable

Encore ung coup te veux-je dire adieu.
Adieu d’amour le saint et sacré lien
Sans fiction le coeur n’est plus mien:

Il est à toy, garde qu’il ne perisse
Adieu helas, helas adieu mon bien
Il est à toy, garde qu’il ne perisse.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
sometimes misattributed to Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

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

by Anthoine de Bertrand (1540? - 1581?), "Adieu, adieu, ma nimphette amiable", published 1578 [ vocal quartet a cappella ], from 25 Chansons à 4 parties, Livre 3, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]

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 page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2019-10-30
Line count: 14
Word count: 94

Farewell, farewell, lovely young nymph

Language: English after the French (Français)

Farewell, farewell, lovely young nymph,
My sweet rest, my pleasure, my comforter;
Farewell, eyes which – alas! – make me
Live and die. Farewell, cordial greeting,

Farewell, glance which is to me more pleasant
Than clear daylight. Farewell, all those romps
I never tired of pursuing.
But as I must wretchedly leave

I want just once more to bid you farewell.
Farewell, love’s holy and sacred bond;
It’s no lie, my heart is no longer mine,

It’s yours: watch that it does not die.
Farewell, alas, alas farewell, all my delight –
It’s yours: watch that it does not die.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist and misattributed to Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2019-10-30
Line count: 14
Word count: 100