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.

Pierre de Ronsard

[Pamela Fillhouer]

beautiful!

[Carol Ann]

lovely picture... beautiful rose....

[Diana Moss]

Roses are so beautiful, this is a lovely picture, pity you can' smell it

[Helene]

Thanks. It's a "Pierre de Ronsard" By Meilland. My fav rose but unfortunatly it doesn't smell :)

[Slava]

this is so beautiful!! i love it!

[cglist]

So lovely!

[Allison Williams]

I did find a lovely translation on PoemHunter.com:

See, Mignonne, hath not the Rose,
That this morning did unclose
Her purple mantle to the light,
Lost, before the day be dead,
The glory of her raiment red,
Her colour, bright as yours is bright?

[Helene]

Thanks Allison, that's so sweet. the name of the rose is from the poet.

[Louise & Ken]

Thank you Helene AND Allison! I was going to ask my neighbor, David, to translate that for me. He speaks French beautifully, and I also sent him your site to follow (though he's not a 365 er).

I looked at the beautiful web site you listed in your profile...is that all your photography?! Every photo is a feast for the eyes. Again, I asked David if he would translate it for me so I might know more. Thank you for sharing that!

[Helene]

Thanks Louise. Yes all my photos, try to share my love for Paris and France :)

[Mary franc]

very pretty I love the water on the petals and the delicate lines of pink on this rose.