La terre les eaux va buvant (Orlando di Lasso)

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Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2016-07-13).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 82 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from Mellanges d'Orlande de Lassus, 1570. Original pitch (chiavi naturali) and note-values. Alto parts are in tenor clef. French spelling modernised.

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Title: La terre les eaux va buvant
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist: Pierre de Ronsard

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SAATB

Genre: SecularChanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1565, Dixhuictieme livre des chansons, 4, 5vv, Paris

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Original text and translations

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La terre les eaux va buvant,
L'arbre les boit par sa racine,
La mer éparse boit le vent,
Et le soleil boit la marine.

Le soleil est bu de la lune,
Tout boit soit en haut ou en bas,
Suivant cette règle commune,
Pourquoi donc ne boirons-nous pas?