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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Ores l'effroy et ores l'esperance
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ores l'effroy et ores l'esperance,
De tous costez se campent en mon coeur,
Et tour à tour l'un et l'autre est veinqueur,
Pareils en force et en perseverance.

Ores douteux, ores plein d'asseurance,
Entre l'espoir et la doute et la peur,
Heureusement de moy-mesme trompeur,
Au coeur captif je promets delivrance.

Verray-je point avant mourir le temps,
Que je tondray la fleur de son printemps,
Sous qui ma vie à l'ombrage demeure ?

Verray-je point qu'en ses bras enlassé,
De trop combatre en la jouste lassé,
D'un beau trespas entre ses bras je meure ?

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title [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 Guillaume Boni (c1530 - c1594), "Ores l'effroy et ores l'esperance", published 1607 [vocal quartet], from the collection Sonnets de Pierre de Ronsard mis en musique à 4 parties, II, no. 24, Paris, Pierre Ballard [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Now fear and now hope", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2015-02-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 93

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