Mignonne

Adrianna Rodgers Soprano http://www.youtube.com/user/Dominate421

Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) was a Parisian pianist-composer. Chaminade composed about 400 selections for various instruments including the piano, and about 125 chansons for voice and piano. Her compositions have a distinctive French mood and feminine quality with memorable melodies. These three selections are characteristic of this French style and feminine quality.

Mignonne

Mignonne, allons voir si la rose,
Qui ce matin avait déclose
Sa robe de pourpre au Soleil,
A point perdu cette vesprée
Les plis de sa robe pourprée,
Et son teint au vostre pareil.

Las! Voyez comme en peu d'espace,
Las! Las! Mignonne elle a dessus la place
Ses beautés laissé cheoir
O vrayment marastre Nature,
Puis qu'une telle fleur ne dure
Que du matin jusques au soir!

Donc, si vous men croyez, Mignonne,
Tandis que vostre âge fleuronne
Dan sa plus verte nouveauté,
Cueillez, cueillez vostre jeunesse!
Comme à ceste fleur la vieillesse
Fera ternir vostre beauté.

Beloved

Beloved, let us see if the rose
That this morning has revealed
Her robe of crimson to the sun,
Has at this point lost, this evening
Any of the folds of her crimson robe
And her color is so like yours.

Alas! See how in such short time,
Alas! Alas! Her beauties have
Faded in this place.
Oh Nature truly is a cruel stepmother
When such a flower will only live
From morning until evening.

So, if you believe me, beloved
While your age flowers
In its most sprightly newness
Gather, gather your youth
Because just as this flower has become dull,
Your beauty will wither with old age.

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