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possibly by Henri de Bourbon, Henri IV (1553 - 1610), as Henri IV, roi de France et de Navarre

Viens, Aurore
Language: French (Français) 
    Viens, Aurore,
    Je t'implore,
Je suis gai quand je te voi :
    La bergère
    Qui m'est chère
Est vermeille comme toi.

    D'ambroisie
    Bien choisie,
Hébé la nourrit à part,
    Et sa bouche,
    Quand j'y touche,
Me parfume de nectar.

    Elle est blonde,
    Sans seconde,
Elle a la taille à la main.
    Sa prunelle
    Étincelle
Comme [l'ombre]1 du matin.

    Pour entendre
    [Sa]2 voix tendre,
On déserte le hameau:
    Et [Tytire]3
    Qui soupire,
Fait taire son chalumeau.

     Les trois Grâces,
     Sur ses traces,
Font naître un essaim d'amours ;
     La sagesse,
     La justesse,
Accompagnent ses discours.

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•   H. Berlioz 

H. Berlioz sets stanzas 1, 4, 3

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Confirmed with La fleur de chansons françaises, Paris, Delarue, 1870, page 206. Note: some editions have this stanza instead of the final one above:

    De rosée,
    Arrosée,
La rose a moins de fraicheur,
    Une hermine
    Est moins fine;
Le lait a moins de blancheur.
1 Berlioz: "l'astre"
2 Berlioz: "Ta"
3 Berlioz: "Satire"

Text Authorship:

  • possibly by Henri de Bourbon, Henri IV (1553 - 1610), as Henri IV, roi de France et de Navarre, "Invocation à l'Amour" [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 Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869), "Romance favorite de Henri IV", <<1825, stanzas 1,4,3 [ voice and guitar ], from Recueil de Romances, no. 22 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ivar Hallström (1826 - 1901), "Villanelle", 1855 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jean-Louis Aristide Hignard (1822 - 1897), "Aubade galante", published [1884] [ medium voice and piano ], from Rimes et mélodies, série III, no. 9, Paris, Éditions Louis Gregh et Cie. [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-02-04
Line count: 30
Word count: 96

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