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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

J'ai l'âme, pour un lit, de regrets si...
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
J'ai l'âme, pour un lit, de regrets si touchée, 
Que nul homme jamais ne fera que j'approche 
De la chambre amoureuse, encore moins de la couche 
Où je vis ma maîtresse, au mois de Mai couchée.

Un somme languissant la tenait mi-penchée 
Dessus le coude droit, fermant sa belle bouche 
Et ses yeux, dans lesquels l'archer Amour se couche, 
Ayant toujours la flèche à la corde encochée :

Sa tête, en ce beau mois, sans plus, était couverte 
D'un riche escofion ouvré de soie verte, 
Où les Grâces venaient à l'envie se nicher ;

Puis, en ses beaux cheveux, choisissaient leur demeure. 
J'en ai tel souvenir que je voudrais qu'à l'heure 
Mon cœur pour n'y penser plus devenu rocher.

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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 Robert Caby (1905 - 1992), "J'ai l'âme pour un lict de regrets si touchée", 1947 [ voice, piano, and flute ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gérard Condé (b. 1947), "J'ai l'âme, pour un lit", 2009, first performed 2010 [ tenor and piano ], from Marie ! Cinq poèmes de Ronsard, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-02-06
Line count: 14
Word count: 117

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