by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560)
Rendez à l'or cete couleur, qui dore
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Rendez à l'or cete couleur, qui dore Ces blonds cheveux, rendez mil' autres choses: A l'orient tant de perles encloses, Et au Soleil ces beaux yeulx, que j'adore. Rendez ces mains au blanc yvoire encore, Ce seing au marbre, et ces levres aux roses, Ces doulx soupirs aux fleurettes decloses, Et ce beau teint à la vermeille Aurore. Rendez aussi à l'Amour tous ses traictz, Et à Venus ses graces, et attraictz: Rendez aux cieulx leur celeste harmonie. Rendez encor' ce doulx nom à son arbre, Ou aux rochers rendez ce coeur de marbre, Et aux lions cet' humble felonnie.
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Text Authorship:
- by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560), no title, appears in L'Olive, no. 91, first published 1550 [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 Rudolf (Ruud) Leopold Koumans (b. 1929), "À Venus", op. 28 no. 2 (1969) [ soprano, clarinet, and piano ], from Trois voeuz rustiques, no. 2, note: this may be the wrong text for this setting [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "To Venus", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-28
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