La terre les eaux va buvant (Orlando di Lasso)

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  • (Posted 2016-07-13)  CPDL #40317:       
Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2016-07-13).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 82 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from Mellange d'Orlande de Lassus, 1570. Original pitch (chiavi naturali) and note-values. Alto parts are in tenor clef. French spelling modernised.

General Information

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

First published: 1564 in Quatriesme livre des chansons a 4 et 5 parties, no. 24
    2nd published: 1570 in Mellange d'Orlande de Lassus, no. 50
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Original text and translations

French.png French text

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?