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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Que dites‑vous, que faites‑vous,...
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Que dites-vous, que faites-vous, mignonne?
Que songez-vous? pensez-vous point en moi?
Avez-vous point souci de mon émoi,
Comme de vous le souci m'époinçonne?

De votre amour tout le coeur me bouillonne,
Devant mes yeux sans cesse je vous voi,
Je vous entends absente, je vous oi,
Et mon penser d'autre amour ne résonne.

J'ai vos beautés, vos grâces et vos yeux
Gravés en moi, les places et les lieux,
Où je vous vis danser, parler et rire.

Je vous tiens mienne, et si ne suis pas mien:
En vous je vis, je m'anime et respire,
Mon tout, mon coeur, mon sang et tout mon bien.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585) [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 Louis Théodore Gouvy (1819 - 1898), "Que dites-vous, que faites-vous, mignonne", op. 41 (Neuf Poésies de Ronsard) no. 7, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], from 40 Poèmes de Ronsard, no. 7, Paris, Éd Simon Richault [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paul-Jean-Jacques Lacôme d'Estalenx (1838 - 1920), "Que dites-vous Mignonne" [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "What are you saying? What are you doing, my darling?", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-06-03
Line count: 14
Word count: 105

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