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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Si le ciel est ton pays et ton pere
Language: French (Français) 
Si le ciel est ton pays et ton pere, 
Si le nectar est ton vin savoureus,
Si Venus est ta delicate mere,
Si l’ambrosie est ton pain bienheureus,

Pourquoi viens-tu loger en la terre?
Pourquoy viens tu cacher en mon sein?
Pourquoy fais tu contre mes os la guerre?
Pourquoy bois tu mon pauvre sang humain?

Pourquoy prend tu de mon coeur nourriture?
O fis d'un Tigre, o cruel animal:
Tu es un Dieu de mechante nature!
Je suis à toy, pourquoy me fais tu mal?

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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):

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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in French (Français), [adaptation] ; composed by Jean de Castro.
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Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2015-04-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 86

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