by
Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
Je te hay bien (croy moy) maitresse
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Je te hay bien (croy moy) maitresse,
Je te hay bien, je le confesse.
Mais toy que je debvrois plus fort
Hayr [mille]1 fois que la mort,
Il faut que maugré moy je t'ayme
Dix [mille]1 fois plus que moymeisme:
Car plus ta fiere cruauté
M'espouvante, plus ta beauté
(Pour mourir et vivr' avec elle)
À ton service me r'appelle.
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- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "I hate thee (believe me), Mistress", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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I hate thee (believe me), Mistress
Language: English  after the French (Français)
I hate thee (believe me), Mistress.
I hate thee, I confess.
But though I should hate thee more,
thousands upon thousands of times more than death,
in spite of myself I must love thee,
tens of thousands upon thousands of times more than myself.
The more thy proud cruelty terrifies me,
the more thy beauty
(to die and live with it)
calls me back to thy service.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2000 by Faith J. Cormier, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 68