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by Antoine de Chandieu (1534 - 1591)

Quelle est ceste beauté?
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ITA
Quelle est ceste beauté que je voy tant extrême,
Qui avec ses cheuveux, et sa voix et ses yeux,
D'un lien et d'un charme et d'un trait amoureux,
Et s'enchaine et s'enchante, et s'aveugle soi-même?

C'est le Monde changé en courtisane infâme,
Qui se va déguisant de mille fards le corps.
Mais c'est une beauté seulement du dehors
Qui ne peut effacer les laideurs de son âme.

Text Authorship:

  • by Antoine de Chandieu (1534 - 1591) [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 Paschal de l'Estocart (1539 - c1584), "Quelle est ceste beauté?", from Octonaires de la vanité du monde, no. 4. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Tanta estrema bellezza ch'io vedo cos'è?", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2004-08-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 67

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