To Anne as she plays the spinet

Maurice Ravel

When I see all in order the brunette,

young, with beautiful figure, shaped like the gods,

and when her voice, her fingers and the spinet

make a sound sweet and melodious,

It is a joy for my ears and my eyes,

more than the saints in their immortal glory.

And even as they, I become glorious

When I think that she loves me a little.