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by Antoine de Chandieu (1534 - 1591)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Mon âme, où sont les grands discours

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ITA

Mon âme, où sont les grands discours
De ces hautains, fils de la terre?
Où sont les magnifiques cours
Des Rois qui au ciel on fait guerre?

Je cuide voir, en y pensant,
Une fumée s'amassant
Au feu d'un bois sec, qui l'haleine
Du vent écarte par la plaine.

Text Authorship:

by Antoine de Chandieu (1534 - 1591) [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 Paschal de l'Estocart (1539 - c1584), "Mon âme, où sont les grands discours", from Octonaires de la vanité du monde, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Anima mia, dove sono i grandi discorsi", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2004-08-02
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Anima mia, dove sono i grandi discorsi

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the French (Français)

Anima mia, dove sono i grandi discorsi
di questi superbi figli della terra?
Dove sono le magnifiche corti
dei re che pure al cielo fecero guerra?

Mi par di vedere, quando ci penso,
un fumo denso che si sviluppa lento
dal fuoco di un legno divenuto secco,
sulla pianura, disperso poi dal vento.

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a text in French (Français) by Antoine de Chandieu (1534 - 1591)
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This text was added to the website: 2025-07-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 53