by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
Translation
À sa guitare
Language: French (Français)  after the French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ma guitare, je te chante, Par qui seule je déçois, Je déçois, je romps, j'enchante Les amours que je reçois. Au son de ton harmonie Je rafraîchis ma chaleur, Ma chaleur, flamme infinie, Naissante d'un beau malheur.
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It is based on
- a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "À sa Guiterre", written 1550, appears in Les Odes
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "À sa guitare", FP 79 (1935), published 1935 [ medium voice and orchestra or piano or harp ], Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Seiner Gitarre", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Victoria de Menil) , "To his guitar", copyright ©, (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.
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Word count: 37