Robin, following through woods and fields | Robin, through woods and fields

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by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560)

Translation © by David Wyatt

Robin par bois et compagnes

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Robin par bois et compagnes,
Par bocages et montagnes,
Suyvant naguère un taureau
Esgaré de son troupeau,
D'un roc élevé regarde;
Voit une biche fuiarde,
D'un dard la fait trébucher,
Trouve en l'antre d'un rocher
Les petits fauveaux il donne
A Jannette sa mignonne.

Puis fit à ses compagnons
Un banquet d'aux et d'oignois;
Faissant courir par le troupe
D'un vin d'Anjou mainte coupe.
Quant au reste, O Dieu cornu,
O croc de ce pin congneu
Pour ton offrande rapporte
La peau de la biche morte.

Text Authorship:

by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560) [author's text not yet checked 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 Jacob (aka Jacques or Jachet) Arcadelt (c1505 - c1568), "Robin par bois et compagnes" [
text verified 1 time
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Robin, following through woods and fields", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2013-05-07
Line count: 18
Word count: 86

Robin, following through woods and fields

Language: English after the French (Français)

Robin, through woods and fields,
Through groves and hills
Following once a bull
Strayed from his herd,
Looks out from a high rock;
He sees a doe in flight,
Makes her stumble with a shot,
Finds in a cave in the rocks
Her little young ones, and gives
Them to Jeanette, his darling.

Then he makes for his companions
A grand meal with garlic and onions,
Sending round the whole band
Many a cup of Anjou wine.
As for the remains, o horned god,
On a fork of this well-known pine
As an offering to you he brings
The skin of the slain doe.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560)
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This text was added to the website: 2013-05-07
Line count: 18
Word count: 104