Mignonne allons voir si la rose
from Divine Amarillis: Airs De Court 1570-1640 by Mignarda
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Anon./LeRoy (c.1520-1598), arranged by Mignarda
This song of seduction from the poetry of Pierre Ronsard, is found only as a single melody line in its original setting (Jehan Chardavoine, Recueil de chansons en forme de voix de ville, 1576). In reconstructing a plausible rendition, we discovered that the tune works perfectly with minor adjustments to Adrian Le Roy's Passemeze harmonization. Since LeRoy set several other poems by Ronsard in a similar manner, we feel our setting is historically justifiable and we trust it is eminently listenable.
See it at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT4PLrF0utc
This song of seduction from the poetry of Pierre Ronsard, is found only as a single melody line in its original setting (Jehan Chardavoine, Recueil de chansons en forme de voix de ville, 1576). In reconstructing a plausible rendition, we discovered that the tune works perfectly with minor adjustments to Adrian Le Roy's Passemeze harmonization. Since LeRoy set several other poems by Ronsard in a similar manner, we feel our setting is historically justifiable and we trust it is eminently listenable.
See it at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT4PLrF0utc
lyrics
Mignonne allons voir si la rose
Qui ce matin avoit disclose
Sa robe de pourpre au soleil
A poinct perdu ceste vesprée
Les plis de sa robe pourprée.
Et son teinct au votre pareil.
Las! Voyez comme en peu d’espace,
Mignonne, elle a dessus la place,
Helas! ses beautes laissé choir!
Ha vrayment marastre est nature.
Puis qu’une telle fleur ne dure
Que du matin jusques au soir.
Donc, si vous me croyez, Mignonne,
Tandis que vostre aage fleuronne
En sa plus verde nouveauté,
Cueillez, cueillez vostre jeunesse:
Comme a ceste fleur la vieillesse
Fera ternir vostre beauté.
Let’s go, my dear, and see whether the rose
Which this morning uncovered
its purple garment to the sun
has now at evening
lost any of the folds of that garment,
or any of its color that resembles your own.
But see, alas! How in so brief a time,
My dear, the rose has let fall
Its beauties upon the ground.
Nature is truly a wicked stepmother
If such a flower lasts only
From morning till night.
So then, my dear, if you believe me:
While your time of life is in bloom
In its freshest green,
Go and harvest your youth;
For as with this flower, old age
Will wither your beauty.
Qui ce matin avoit disclose
Sa robe de pourpre au soleil
A poinct perdu ceste vesprée
Les plis de sa robe pourprée.
Et son teinct au votre pareil.
Las! Voyez comme en peu d’espace,
Mignonne, elle a dessus la place,
Helas! ses beautes laissé choir!
Ha vrayment marastre est nature.
Puis qu’une telle fleur ne dure
Que du matin jusques au soir.
Donc, si vous me croyez, Mignonne,
Tandis que vostre aage fleuronne
En sa plus verde nouveauté,
Cueillez, cueillez vostre jeunesse:
Comme a ceste fleur la vieillesse
Fera ternir vostre beauté.
Let’s go, my dear, and see whether the rose
Which this morning uncovered
its purple garment to the sun
has now at evening
lost any of the folds of that garment,
or any of its color that resembles your own.
But see, alas! How in so brief a time,
My dear, the rose has let fall
Its beauties upon the ground.
Nature is truly a wicked stepmother
If such a flower lasts only
From morning till night.
So then, my dear, if you believe me:
While your time of life is in bloom
In its freshest green,
Go and harvest your youth;
For as with this flower, old age
Will wither your beauty.
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from Divine Amarillis: Airs De Court 1570-1640,
released March 1, 2006
Arranged by Ron Andrico © 2004
Arranged by Ron Andrico © 2004
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Mignarda specializes in thoughtful programming illuminating the vibrant mingling of renaissance music & poetry. Noted for awakening modern audiences to an appreciation for historical music, their work encompasses concertizing, teaching & recording, with 17 critically-acclaimed CDs, a series of 16 music editions, scholarly articles, reviews and the internationally-popular blog, Unquiet Thoughts. ... more
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