×
You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.
Some of the following material is not in the public domain.
It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. Printing copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator is also illegal.
You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.
For more information, contact us at:
Before writing, please read the instructions below the translations (under Authorship). Always include the names of the translators in your email if you wish to reprint something!
by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
Translation © by Laura L. Nagle
Le doux sommeil
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Le doux sommeil, qui toute chose appaise, N'appaise point le [mal]1 qui m'a ravi. En vous je meurs, en vous seule je vis, Ne voyant rien, si non vous qui me plaise. [Vos yeux au coeur m'ont allumé la flamme, Un feu toujours depuis m'a poursuivi, Et dès le jour que pleurer je vous vis, Je meurs pour vous, et à vous est mon âme.]2 De mal en mal, de soucy en soucy, J’ay l’ame triste, et le cœur tout transi, Sans eschauffer le froid de vostre glace, Au moins lisez et voyez sur mon front, Combien de morts voz beaux sourcis me font Le soing caché se connoist à la face.
T. Gouvy sets stanzas 1-2
1 de Monte: "soing"
2 de Monte:
Vos yeux au Coeur m’ont jetté telle braize Qu’un feu treschaut s’est depuis ensuivy, Et des le jour qu’en dansant je vous vy, Je meurs pour vous et si suis bien ayze.
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Théodore Gouvy (1819 - 1898), "Le doux sommeil", published 1876, stanzas 1-2 [voice and piano], from 40 Poèmes de Ronsard, no. 29, Paris : Richault [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philippe de Monte (1521 - 1603), "Le doux sommeil" [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura L. Nagle) , "Sweet slumber", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: John Glenn Paton [Guest Editor] , David Wyatt
Sweet slumber
Language: English after the French (Français)
Sweet slumber, which appeases all else, In no way appeases the pain that has ravished me. In you I die; in you alone I live, Seeing nothing but you who please me. Your eyes have lit a flame in my heart; A fire has pursued me ever since; And since the day I saw you crying, I die for you, and my soul is yours.
Note: this is a translation of Gouvy's version.
Authorship
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2006 by Laura L. Nagle, (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.
Contact:
- a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)