by
Clément Marot (1496 - 1544)
Estreines à Anne
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ce nouvel an pour Estreines vous donne
Mon cueur blessé d'une novelle playe.
Contrainct y suis; Amour ainsi l'ordonne,
En qui ung cas bien contraire j'essaye;
Car ce Cueur là, c'est ma richesse vraye;
Le demeurant n'est rien où je me fonde;
Et fault donner le meilleur bien que j'aye
Si j'ay vouloir d'estre riche en ce monde.
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- ENG English (Peter Low) , "A Gift for Anne", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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A Gift for Anne
Language: English  after the French (Français)
I give you as a New Year's present
my heart which is newly wounded.
I'm forced to - this is commanded by Love
in whose service I'm attempting a paradoxical thing:
for my heart is my true wealth
(the rest of my goods are nothing to build on),
yet I have to give away my best possession
if I wish to be rich in this world.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 67