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by Louise Labé (1526 - 1566)

On voit mourir toute chose animée
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
On voit mourir toute chose animée,
Lors que du corps l'âme subtile part.
Je suis le corps, toi la meilleure part :
Où es-tu donc, ô âme bien-aimée ?

Ne me laissez par si long temps pâmée,
Pour me sauver après viendrais trop tard.
Las ! ne mets point ton corps en ce hasard :
Rends-lui sa part et moitié estimée.

Mais fais, Ami, que ne soit dangereuse
Cette rencontre et revue amoureuse,
L'accompagnant, non de sévérité,

Non de rigueur, mais de grâce amiable,
Qui doucement me rende ta beauté,
Jadis cruelle, à présent favorable.

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Confirmed with Œuvres de Louise Labé, texte établi par Charles Boy, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1887, pages 96-97. The spelling has been modernized.


Text Authorship:

  • by Louise Labé (1526 - 1566), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 7, first published 1555 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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