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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Sonnet
 (Sung text for setting by H. Andriessen)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Amour qui as ton regne en ce monde si ample
Vois ta gloire et la mienne errer en ce jardin
Vois comme son bel oeil mon bel astre divin
Reluit comme une lampe ardente dans un temple

Vois son corps des beautés le portrait et l'exemple
Qui ressemble une aurore au plus beau du matin
Vois son esprit seigneur du sort et du destin
Qui passe la nature en qui Dieu se contemple

Regarde la marcher toute pensive à soi
T'emprisonner de fleurs et triompher de toi
Vois naître sous ses pieds les herbes bienheureuses

Vois sortir un printemps des rayons de ses yeux
Et vois comme à l'envie ses flammes amoureuses
Embellissent la terre et sereinent les cieux.

Composition:

    Set to music by Hendrik Andriessen (1892 - 1981), "Sonnet", published 1917 [ chorus ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Sonnet", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-03-28
Line count: 14
Word count: 119

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