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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Verray‑je point le doux jour qui...
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Verray-je point le doux jour qui m'apporte
Ou trève ou paix, ou la vie ou la mort,
Pour édenter le souci qui me mord
Le cœur à nu d'une lime si forte ?

Verray-je point que ma naïade sorte
Du fond de l'eau pour m'enseigner le port ?
[Viendray-je]1 point, ainsi qu'Ulysse, à bord,
Ayant au flanc son linge pour escorte ?

Verray-je point que ces astres jumeaux,
En ma faveur, encore par les eaux,
Monstrent leur flame à ma carene lasse ?

Verray-je point tant de vents s'accorder,
Et calmement mon navire aborder,
Comme il souloit, au havre de sa grace ?

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•   G. Boni 

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1 Boni: "Noüray-je"

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), "Verray-je point le doux jour qui m'apporte", published 1607 [vocal quartet], from the collection Sonnets de Pierre de Ronsard mis en musique à 4 parties, II, no. 11, Paris, Pierre Ballard [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Shall I never see the sweet day", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2015-03-04
Line count: 14
Word count: 99

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