Quel monstre voy‑ie là

Quel monstre voy-ie là, qui tant de testes porte,
Tant d'oreilles, tant d'yeux, de differente sorte:
Dont l'habit par devant est semé de verdure,
Et par derriere n'a qu'une noirceur obscure.

Dont les pieds vont glissant sur une boule ronde,
Roulant avec le temps, qui l'emporte en courant,
Et la mort court après, ses flesches luy tirant?
Ie le voy, ie l'ay veu. Qu'estoit donc? Le Monde.

Translation(s): ITA

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Submitted by Ferdinando Albeggiani

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), "Quel monstre voy-ie là", from Octonaires de la vanité du monde, no. 5. [
   text verified 1 time
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Qual mostro io vedo", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2004-08-02.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:09
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Qual mostro io vedo

Qual mostro io vedo che tante teste porta
E orecchi e occhi di differente natura
La cui veste, davanti, di fiori è ricoperta,
Mentre di dietro non reca che sozzura?
 
Che scivola coi piedi su una lucida sfera,
Che ruota con il tempo e lo trascina in tondo,
Inseguito da morte, che lo prende di mira?
Lo vedo, poi non c'è più. Che cosa è dunque? Il Mondo.

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• a text in French (Français) by Antoine de Chandieu (1534 - 1591)
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Paschal de l'Estocart. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2007-05-23.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:22
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Word count: 68