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possibly by Petronius (Titus Petronius Niger) (20? - 66)
Translation by Charles Héguin de Guerle

La grenade
Language: French (Français)  after the Latin 
Our translations:  ENG
Lesbie, lumière de mon âme, m'a envoyé une grenade:
maintenant je fais peu de cas des autres fruits.
Je dédaigne le coing au blanc duvet,
et la châtaigne hérissée de dards;
je ne veux ni des noix, ni des prunes luisantes.
De tels present sont assez bons pour le grossier Corydon.

Lesbie m'a aussi envoyé des gateaux
que ses dents ont légèrement mordus;
le miel de ses lèvres en a augmenté la douceur.
Je ne sais ce qui est le meilleur à respirer,
du doux parfum du miel, ou de son haleine,
plus embaumée que le thym de Cécropie.

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Héguin de Guerle , "La grenade", appears in Œuvres complètes de Pétrone, Paris, Éd. Garnier Frères, first published 1861 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Latin possibly by Petronius (Titus Petronius Niger) (20? - 66) [text unavailable]
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Louis Durey (1888 - 1979), "La grenade", op. 15 no. 3 (1918), published 1919 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Pétrone, no. 3, Édition Durand & Cie [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "The pomegranate", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 99

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