by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
Translation © by David Wyatt

Ores que je suis dispos
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ores que je suis dispos, 
Je veux boire sans repos
De peur que la maladie
Un de ces jours ne me die,
Me happant à l'imporveu :
« Meurs, gallant, c'est assez beu.

Verse moy donc du vin nouveau
Pour m'arracher hors du cerveau
Le soin par qui le cœur me tombe,
Verse donc pour me l'arracher 
Il vaut mieux yvre se coucher
Dans le lit que mort dans la tombe.

Note: the second stanza seems to be a variant of the third stanza of Lors que Bacchus entre chez moy.


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Since I'm settled
Language: English  after the French (Français) 
Since I'm settled,
I want to drink witout a break
For fear that illness 
One of these days will say to me
Catching me by surprise,
"Die, you plucky man, that's enough drinking!"

So pour me some new wine
To uproot from my brain
Worry, which makes my heart droop.
Pour it then, to root it out.
Far better to lie down drunk
In daylight than dead in the tomb.

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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 70