In memory of Valentine’s day this Saturday, Totally Optional Prompts suggested an aubade.
Aubades are poems begging and tempting and pleading with a lover not to leave. You can read some examples here and a song by Jewel here.
I’ve heard of tagelied; the early morning song. This when I was doing a bit of reading after I heard the spectacularly haunting melody of Carmina Burana (O Fortuna’s an all-time favorite) at Brussels. I believe I wrote on it a bit in my usual hop-skipping way from Carmina to Poirot to Falafels. So when I read this post at TOP, I was curious and went on to discover that it is indeed a variation of the tagelied.
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au·bade (
-bäd
)
n.
[Origin: Late 17th century, French, from Old French albade, from Old Provençal albada, from alba, dawn, aubade, from Latin.]
Read a feeble attempt of an aubade that I submit to TOP, here.
(ps: I will not be continuing to link to the cesmots.com henceforth, and I plan on writing there more frequently. Would appreciate if you could please add to bookmarks or readers. Only if you’d like to that is. Thank you.)
am feeling mushy all over, where is my boy when I need him?
That aside, LOVE the poem. You’re good with this kind of stuff. :-))
The poem at cesmots was awesome! Couldn’t resist trying my hand at one. I’m a hopeless romantic, I guess (not!)
An aubade is a poem about lovers separating at dawn
This, in our household, is accompanied with a yawn
We’re pretty low on lust
Because we haven’t brushed
And the main object of attention is the john
naren: ROFL! Thank you, that helped. :))
sajni: lol, well, it’s V-day week, so enjoy the mush :p
wow! superb!!
Now I feel like I’ll try my hand at it.. though I cannot speak or draw from any experience 😀
@naren… lol
lol at Naren
BRILLIANT!! You also have a poet in you apart from the engrossing story-teller! BTW, Carmina Burana is A.W.E.S.O.M.E!! Have you heard the entire collection of 24 poems? It’s just supremely unearthly!