by
Clément Marot (1496 - 1544)
Une dame du temps passé
Language: French (Français)
Une dame du temps passé
Se vit naguère entretenue
D'un vieil gentilhomme cassé
Qui avait la barbe chenue;
Alors, la souhaitâtes nue
Entre ses bras.
Mais puisqu'il tremble
Et puisque morte elle resemble,
Monsieur, si pitié vous remord,
Ne les faites coucher ensemble,
De peur qu'ils n'engendrent la Mort!
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A lady of bygone days
Language: English after the French (Français)
A lady of bygone days
Recently found herself maintained
By an old broken-down gentleman
With a graying beard;
So, you wished for her to lie naked
In his arms.
But since he trembles
And since she looks dead,
Sir, if pity makes you feel remorse,
Don’t make them go to bed together,
Lest they engender Death!
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Translation of title "D'une vielle dame fort pâle et d'un vieil gentilhomme" = "On a very pale old lady and an old gentleman"
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