Mignonne from Amour Cruel by Emi Ferguson

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2.	Mignonne	3:44

Lyrics

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 vôtre pareil.

Las! voyez comme en peu d'espace,
Mignonne, elle a dessus la place
Las! las ses beautés laissé choir!
O vraiment marâtre Nature,
Puis qu'une telle fleur ne dure
Que du matin jusques au soir!

Donc, si vous me croyez, mignonne,
Tandis que votre âge fleuronne
En sa plus verte nouveauté,
Cueillez, cueillez votre jeunesse,
Comme à cette fleur la vieillesse
Fera ternir votre beauté.

Darling, let's see if the rose
That this morning had open
Her crimson dress to the Sun,
This evening hasn't lost
The folds of her crimson dress,
And her complexion similar to yours.

Ah! See how in such short space
My darling, she has on this very spot
All her beauties lost!
O, so un-motherly Nature,
Since such a beautiful flower
Only lasts from dawn to dusk!

So if you believe me, my sweetheart,
While time still flowers for you,
In its freshest novelty,
Do take advantage of your youthful bloom
As it did to this flower, the doom
Of age will blight your beauty.

Credits

from Amour Cruel, released September 14, 2017
Emi Ferguson - vocals and flutes
Jordan Dodson - classical guitar
Paul Holmes Morton - baroque guitar
Doug Balliett - baroque bass, electric bass, and viola da gamba
Samuel Budish - percussion

Music written and arranged by Emi Ferguson
Produced by Emi Ferguson and Patrick McMinn
Edited and Mixed by Emi Ferguson and Patrick McMinn

Recorded at The Bunker Studio by Todd Carder and James Krivchenia and at Staplechest Audio by Chris Botta
Mastered by Emily Lazar at The Lodge, assisted by Chris Allgood
Studio Assistant Percussion Producer Greg LaRosa
Assistant produced by Nicholas Csicsko

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