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A ton frere Paris tu sembles en beauté, A ta sœur Polyxene en chaste conscience, A ton frere Hélenin en prophete science, A ton parjure ayeul en peu de loyauté ; A ton frere Paris en brave royauté, Au viellard Antenor en mieleuse éloquence, A ta tante Antigone en superbe arrogance, A ton grand frere Hector en fiere cruauté. Neptune n’assit onc une pierre si dure Dedans le mur Troyen, que toy pour qui j’endure Un [million]1 de morts ; ny Ulysse veinqueur N’emplit tant Ilion de feux, de cris, et d’armes, De soupirs, et de pleurs, que tu combles mon cœur, Sans l’avoir mérité, de sanglos et de larmes.
1 Boni: "mille million"
Text Authorship:
- by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585) [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), "A ton frere Paris tu sembles en beauté", published 1607 [vocal quartet], from the collection Sonnets de Pierre de Ronsard mis en musique à 4 parties, II, no. 17, Paris, Pierre Ballard [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "You are like your brother Paris in beauty", 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: 109
You are like your brother Paris in beauty, Your sister polyxena in chaste conscience, Your brother Helenus in prophetic skill, Your perjured grandfather [Laomedon] in faithlessness; Your brother Paris in brave queenliness, Old Antenor in honeyed speech, Your aunt Antigone in magnificent arrogance, Your great brother Hector in proud cruelty. Neptune never placed a stone so hard In Troy’s walls as you, for whom I endure A [million]1 deaths ; nor did conquering Ulysses Fill Ilium so full of fires, cries, arms, Sighs and laments, as you fill my heart – Which does not deserve it – with sobs and tears.
1 Boni: "thousand million"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2015 by David Wyatt, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
This text was added to the website: 2015-02-26
Line count: 14
Word count: 101