King's Singers - Madrigal History Tour - Mignonne

Lyrics:
Mignonne, allons voir si la rose,
Qui ce matin avoit desclose,
Sa robe de pourpre au soleil,
A point perdu ceste vesprée,
Les plis de sa robe pourprée,
Et son teint au vostre pareil.

Donc, si vous me croyez, Mignonne,
Tandis que vostre age fleuronne,
En sa plus verde nouveauté,
Cueillez, cueillez vostre jeunesse:
Comme à cette fleur la vieillesse,
Fera tenir vostre beauté.

Anonymous "Mignonne", from "The King's Singers, Madrigal History Tour, The France".

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[galerius61]

Nice. Only, the speaker pronounces "Medici" incorrectly. The accent falls on the first syllable : Médici.

[HeAlether24]

Isn't the tense Past Historic, hence the odd spelling.

[Kryalla]

The description in the video does indeed credit Ronsard as the poet of the text, however "anonymous" is referring to the composer of the music.

[Hamsterzilla1349]

@heathdill : It actually is Middle French and the conjugation hasn't changed. But the spelling is slitghly different indeed (It won't be normalized before the Académie française is created).

As for the writer it obviously is Ronsard (it's one of his most known poems).

[heathdill]

@cola625 - Old French spelling (and conjugation) is different than modern French.

[AphroditeEros33]

Prima! Bellissimo! Marvelous! Thank you so much for posting this amazing video *^o^*

[cola625]

i love this song! but, there is a problem.. in the descirption, some of the words are spelled wrong.. vostre should be votre (possesion).. avoit should be avait (imperect of avoir)..etc

[maksiiiskam2]

I'm pretty sure the author is not anonymous and is in fact Pierre de Ronsard.

[itburnsus]

This song is so freaking beautiful.