Comme la rose (Joannes de Latre)

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• (Posted 2010-02-26)  CPDL #21093:        (Finale 2008)

Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2010-02-26).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 81 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Comme la rose
Composer: Joannes de Latre

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1560

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Original text and translations

French text Comme la rose se perd en peu d'espace, ainsi le teint et la beauté mondaine, en peu de temps se consom'et se passe, et n'a pour vray qu'une durée soubdaine, or donc n'a mye† en beauté tant humaine, de ta beaute et naturelle grace, prenons plaisir et liesse certaine, avant le temps qu'un tel bien nous deface. †m'amye?

English translation As the rose must fade and cannot last, So the youthful bloom upon your skin, Your comely face, your springtime, will be past Too soon, the swift years' ravages begin. And so my love, let all your human charms Go not to waste, but let us them enjoy: Pleasure beckons, take me in your arms Before relentless time can all destroy. Translation by Mick Swithinbank