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by Gilles Durant, sieur de la Bergerie (1554 - 1614?5)

Ma belle si ton ame
Language: French (Français) 
[Ma belle]1 si ton ame
Se sent or allumer
De cette douce flame
Qui nous force d'aymer,
Allons contans,
Allons sur la verdure,
Allons tandis que dure
Nostre jeune printemps.

Avant que la journee
De nostre age qui fuit
Se sent environee
Des ombres de la nuit,
Prenons loysir
De vivre nostre vie
Et sans craindre l'envie
Baisons nous a plaisir.

Du soleil la lumiere
Sur le soir se desteint,
Puis a l'aube premiere
Elle reprend son teint.
Mais nostre jour,
Quant une foys il tombe,
Demeure sous la tombe,
Y faisant long sejour.

Ca, finette affinee
Ca, rompons le destin,
Qui clot nostre journee
Souvent des le matin.

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1 Pessard: "Charlotte"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gilles Durant, sieur de la Bergerie (1554 - 1614?5) [author's text not yet checked 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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Ma belle si ton ame" [ voice and lute ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Émile Pessard (1843 - 1917), "Sur la verdure", published 1873 [ medium voice and piano ], from Joyeusetés de bonne compagnie, recueillies et mises en musique, no. 15, Éd. Alphonse Leduc [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2021-10-17
Line count: 28
Word count: 110

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