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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Dites, maitresse, hé que vous ay‑je...
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Dites, maitresse, hé que vous ay-je fait !
Hé pourquoy, las ! m’estes vous si cruelle ?
Ay-je failly de vous estre fidelle,
Ay-je envers vous commis quelque forfait ?

Dites, maitresse, hé que vous ay-je fait !
Hé pourquoy, las ! m’estes vous si cruelle ?
Ay-je failly de vous estre fidelle,
Ay-je envers vous commis quelque forfait ?

Certes nenny, car plustost que de faire
Chose qui deust tant soit peu vous desplaire,
J’aymerois mieux le trespas encourir.

Mais je vois bien que vous bruslez d’envie
De me tuer : faites moy donc mourir
Puis qu’il plaist, car à vous est ma vie.

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Note: the second stanza is the same as the first, perhaps to give the poem enough lines to be an "official" sonnet.

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title [author's text checked 1 time 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 Anthoine de Bertrand (1540? - 1581?), "Dites maistresse hé que vous ay-je fait ?", published 1578 [ vocal quartet a cappella ], from Les Amours de Pierre de Ronsard à 4 parties, Livre 2, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Nicolas Millot (d. c1590), "Dites maistresse hé que vous ay-je fait ?" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Philippe de Monte (1521 - 1603), "Dites maistresse et que vous ay-je fait ?" [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in French (Français), [adaptation] ; composed by Théodore Gouvy.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2014-10-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 100

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