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Pour le retour du Soleil honorer, Le Zephir, l'air serein lui apareille : Et du sommeil l'eau & la terre esueille, Qui les gardoit l'une de murmurer En dous coulant, l'autre de se parer De mainte fleur de couleur nompareille. Ia les oiseaus es arbres font merueille, Et aus passans font l'ennui moderer : Les Nynfes ia en mile ieus s'esbatent Au cler de Lune, & dansans l'herbe abatent : Veut tu Zephir de ton heur me donner, Et que par toy toute me renouuelle ? Fay mon Soleil deuers moy retourner. Et tu verras s'il ne me rend plus belle.
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Confirmed with Œuvres de Louise Labé, texte établi par Charles Boy, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1887, pages 101-102.
Modernized version:
Pour honorer le retour du Soleil, le Zéphir lui prépare l'air serein : et il éveille l'eau et la terre du sommeil, qui les gardait l'une de murmurer, en coulant doux, I'autre de se parer de mainte fleur de couleur sans-pareille. Déjà les oiseaux dans les arbres font merveille, et apaisent la souffrance des passants : Les Nymphes s'ébattent déjà en mille jeux au clair de Lune, et écrasent l'herbe en dansant : veux-tu, Zéphir, me donner de ton bonheur, pour que je sois par toi toute renouvelée ? Fais revenir mon Soleil vers moi, et tu verras s'il ne me rend pas plus belle.
Text Authorship:
- by Louise Labé (1526 - 1566), no title, written 1552, appears in Sonnets, no. 15 [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 André Bon (b. 1947), "Pour le retour du soleil honorer", 1981 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Michel Bosc (b. 1963), "Pour le retour du Soleil honorer", op. 206 no. 12 (2006) [ high voice, guitar, mandole, mandolin ], from Le Jardin de Louise Labé, Suite, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henri-Pierre Poupard (1901 - 1989), as Henri Sauguet, "Printemps", 1927, published 1928 [ high voice and piano ], from Six sonnets de L. Labé, no. 5, Éd. Rouard Lerolle [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Willis Barnstone (b. 1927) , "XV", copyright © ; composed by Judith Cloud.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926) , no title, appears in Die vierundzwanzig Sonette der Louize Labé, Lyoneserin : 1555, no. 15, Leipzig, Insel-Verlag, first published 1917 ; composed by Walther Prokop.
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-05
Line count: 14
Word count: 97
The gentle Zephyr stirs the tranquil air before the dawn, to honour the Sun’s return, and wakes from sleep the waters and the earth, making the lakes and rivers everywhere ripple and murmur, making the meadow flowers prepare to unfold their coloured tapestries. The birds excel already in the trees, delighting travellers in the early hours; and in the moonlight nymphs already prance, treading the grasses in a playful dance. Zephyr, will you invite me to this feast? Will I too be renewed by your agency? Cause my Sun to return and you will see how strikingly my beauty is increased.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Louise Labé (1526 - 1566), no title, written 1552, appears in Sonnets, no. 15
This text was added to the website: 2022-07-11
Line count: 14
Word count: 101