Heureux ennui

Heureux ennui en toi seul je puis
Trouver repos des maux qui me déçoivent,
Et par toi seul mes passions reçoivent
Le doux oubli du tourment où je suis.
Bienheureux soit mon tourment qui n'empire
Et le doux joug sous lequel je respire,
Et bienheureux le penser soucieux
Qui me repaît du doux souvenir d'elle,
Et plus heureux la foudre de ses yeux
Qui cuit mon coeur dans un feu qui me gèle.

Translation(s): ENG

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Submitted by John Versmoren

Authorship

• by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585) [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by François Regnard (c1530 - c1600), "Heureux ennui" [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "O fortunate worry", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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