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Ma guitare, je te chante, Par qui seule je déçois, Je déçois, je romps, j'enchante Les amours que je reçois. Au son de ton harmonie Je rafraîchis ma chaleur, Ma chaleur, flamme infinie, Naissante d'un beau malheur.
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- a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "À sa Guiterre", written 1550, appears in Les Odes
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "À sa guitare", FP 79 (1935), published 1935 [ medium voice and orchestra or piano or harp ], Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bertram Kottmann , "Seiner Gitarre", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Victoria de Menil) , "To his guitar", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 37
Dir singe ich, Gitarre. Du bist's, mit der ich narre. So täusche, brech', verzaubre ich alle, die je lieben mich. Deiner Saiten Harmonie kühlt mein heiß' Verlangen; es brennt in mir, erschöpft sich nie: bin einem schönen Fluch verfangen.
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Text Authorship:
- by Bertram Kottmann , "Seiner Gitarre", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Not Applicable [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "À sa Guiterre", written 1550, appears in Les Odes
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Dir singe ich, Gitarre", 2013 [baritone or bass and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website: 2013-03-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 39