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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Demandes‑tu, chere Marie
Language: French (Français) 
Demandes-tu, chere Marie,
Quelle est pour toy ma pauvre vie ?
Je jure par tes yeux qu’elle est
Telle qu’ordonner te la plaist.
 
Pauvre, chetive, langoureuse,
Dolente, triste, malheureuse :
Et tout le mal qui vient d’amour,
Ne m’abandonne nuict ny jour !
 
Apres demandes-tu, Marie,
Quels compaignons suivent ma vie ?
Suivie en sa fortune elle est
De tels compaignons qu’il te plaist.
 
Ennuy, travail, peine, tristesse,
Larmes, souspirs, Sanglots, destresse,
Et tout le mal qui vient d’amour,
Ne m’abandonne nuict ny jour.
 
Voyla comment pour toy, Marie,
Je traine ma chetive vie,
Heureux du mal que je reçoy
Pour t’aimer cent fois plus que moy.

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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 Jean Langlais (1907 - 1991), "Demandes-tu, chère Marie" [ medium voice and piano ], from Cinq mélodies de J. Langlais sur des poèmes de Ronsard et J.A. de Baillif, no. 4, Paris, Éd. L. Philippo [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Emanuel Moór (1863 - 1931), "Chanson", op. 88a no. 6 [ voice and piano ], from Premier Recueil de Mélodies, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

Set in a modified version by Anthoine de Bertrand, Nicholas La Grotte, Philippe de Monte.

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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-30
Line count: 20
Word count: 103

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