Attributes | Ears of corn are sacred to Ceres

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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Translation © by Peter Low

Les épis sont à Cérès

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG GER

Les épis sont à Cérès,
Aux [Dieux bouquins]¹ les forêts,
À Chlore l'herbe nouvelle,
À Phoebus le vert laurier,
À Minerve l'olivier,
Et le beau pin à Cybèle ;
Au Zéphires le doux bruit,
À Pomone le doux fruit,
L'onde aux Nymphes est sacrée,
À Flore les belles fleurs ;
Mais les soucis et les pleurs
Sont sacrés à Cythèrée.

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• F. Schmitt

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¹ Schmitt: "chèvre-pieds"

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 Frank Martin (1890 - 1974), "Ode", published 1931 [ chorus ], from Chansons [First set], no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Attributs", FP 38 no. 1 (1924), published 1925 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Poèmes de Ronsard, no. 1, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Florent Schmitt (1870 - 1958), "Privilèges", op. 100 no. 2 (1942), published 1942 [ voice and piano ], from Quatre Poèmes de Ronsard, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Peter Low) , "Attributes", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English ((Edward) Robert Bulwer-Lytton) , "Les espices sont a Ceres"
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 59

Attributes

Language: English after the French (Français)

Ears of corn are sacred to Ceres,
forests to the Fauns,
new grass to Chloris,
green laurels to Phoebus,
olive-trees to Minerva,
handsome pines to Cybele,
gentle rustlings to the Zephyrs,
sweet fruit to Pomona,
waters to the Nymphs,
and beautiful flowers to Flora;
but heart-ache and tears
are sacred to Aphrodite.

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Word count: 52