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Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage, Ou comme cestuy-là qui conquit la toison, Et puis est retourné, plein d'usage et raison, Vivre entre ses parents le reste de son âge ! Quand reverrai-je, hélas, de mon petit village Fumer la cheminée, et en quelle saison Reverrai-je le clos de ma pauvre maison, Qui m'est une province, et beaucoup davantage ? Plus me plaît le séjour qu'ont bâti mes aïeux, Que des palais Romains le front audacieux, Plus que le marbre dur me plaît l'ardoise fine : Plus mon Loire gaulois, que le Tibre latin, Plus mon petit Liré, que le mont Palatin, Et plus que l'air marin la doulceur angevine.
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Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage, Ou comme cestuy-là qui conquist la Toison, Et puis est retourné, plein d'usage et raison, Vivre entre ses parents le reste de son aage! Quand revoiray-je, hélas! de mon petit village Fumer la cheminée, et en quelle saison Revoiray-je le clos de ma pauvre maison, Qui m'est une province, et beaucoup d'avantage? Plus me plaist le séjour qu'ont basty mes ayeux, Que des palais romains le front audacieux, Plus que le marbre dur me plaist l'ardoise fine; Plus mon Loyre gaulois que le Tybre latin, Plus mon petit Lyreé que le mont Palatin, Et plus que l'air marin la doulceur angevine.
Text Authorship:
- by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560), no title, written 1558, appears in Les regrets, no. 31 [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 Jules Bordier (1846 - 1896), "Le petit lyré", subtitle: "Sonnet", published 1890? [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. E. Baudoux [sung text not yet checked]
- by André Caplet (1879 - 1925), "Quand reverrai-je, hélas!", 1916, published 1918, stanza 2 [ high voice and harp or piano ], from Deux sonnets pour voix haute avec accompagnement de harpe, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Marcel Delannoy (1898 - 1962), "Heureux", 1928, published 1931, first performed 1932 [ medium voice and orchestra or piano ], from Quatre regrets de J. Du Bellay, no. 1, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
- by René Gerber (1908 - 2006), "Le Beau Voyage" [sung text not yet checked]
- by René Grassin , "Sonnet à l'Anjou", <<1909 [ high voice and piano ], Paris, Société d'Éditions musicales, ancienne maison Paul Dupont [sung text not yet checked]
- by Valéry Jules Elie Hussonmorel (d. 1937), "Mélancholie", published 1904 [ medium voice and piano ], in the supplement to L'Illustration, no. 3181, February 13, 1904 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marcel Pollet (1883 - 1961), "Heureux qui comme Ulysse", 1951, published 1956 [ medium voice and piano ], from Quatre mélodies pour chant et piano, no. 1, Paris, Éditions Max Eschig [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louise Juliette Talma (1906 - 1996), "Sonnet", from Terre de France, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "When will I see again, alas", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (E. Adelaide Hahn) , "Sonnet"
Researcher for this page: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website: 2007-04-25
Line count: 14
Word count: 110
When will I see again, alas, of my little village The smoke of the chimney, and in which season, Will I see the garden enclosure of my poor house, Which to me is a country and much more?
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560), no title, written 1558, appears in Les regrets, no. 31
This text was added to the website: 2007-04-25
Line count: 4
Word count: 38