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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Contre le Ciel mon cœur estoit rebelle
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Contre le Ciel mon cœur estoit rebelle, 
Quand le Destin, que forcer je ne puis, 
Me fit revoir la dame à qui je suis, 
Ains que vestir ceste escorce nouvelle.
 
Un chaud adonc de moëlle en moëlle, 
De nerfs en nerfs, de conduits en conduits 
Brusla mon cœur, dont j’ay vescu depuis 
Ore en plaisir, ore en peine cruelle. 

Si qu’en voyant ses beautez, et combien 
Elle est divine, il me ressouvint bien 
L’avoir jadis en Paradis laissée : 

Car dés le jour que j’en re-fu blessé, 
Soit près ou loin, je n’ay jamais cessé 
De l’adorer de fait ou de pensée. 

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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 Guillaume Boni (c1530 - c1594), "Contre le ciel mon cœur estoit rebelle", published 1608 [vocal quartet], from the collection Sonnets de Pierre de Ronsard mis en musique à 4 parties, I, no. 31, Paris, Pierre Ballard [
     text not verified 
    ]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Against heaven my heart was in revolt", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2015-02-26
Line count: 14
Word count: 101

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