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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Tay toy, babillarde Arondelle
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
    Tay toy, babillarde Arondelle,
 Ou bien, je plumeray ton aile
 Si je t'empongne, ou d'un couteau
 Je te couperay la languette,
 Qui matin sans repos caquette
 Et m'estourdit tout le cerveau.
   Je te preste ma cheminée,
 Pour chanter toute la journée,
 De soir, de nuict, quand tu voudras.
 Mais au matin ne me reveille,
 Et ne m'oste quand je sommeille
 Ma Cassandre d'entre mes bras.

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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 Jacques Durand (1865 - 1928), "À une hirondelle", published 1925 [ medium voice and piano ], from Deux Poèmes de Ronsard, no. 2, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Rudolf) Walther Hirschberg (1889 - 1960), "L'Arondelle" [ high voice and piano ], from 12 Mélodies, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "Tay toy, babillarde Arondelle", op. 223 no. 3 (1940) [ voice and piano ], from Quatre Chansons de Ronsard, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Denise Isabelle Roger (1924 - 2005), "Ode", 1963, copyright © 1980, first performed 1965 [ high voice and flute ], from Cinq Mélodies sur des poèmes de Ronsard, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "Quiet, chattering swallow", copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 66

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