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Du jour que je fus amoureux, Nul past, tant fut il savoureux, Ne vin tant fut il delectable, Au cœur ne me fut agreable : Car depuis l’heure je n’ay sçeu Rien boire et manger qui m’ait pleu. Une tristesse en l’ame enclose Me nourrist, et non autre chose. Tous les plaisirs que j’estimois Alors que libre je n’aimois, Maintenant je les desestime : Plus ne m’est plaisante l’escrime, La paume, la chasse, et le bal, Mais comme un farouche animal Je me pers pour celer ma rage, En l’abry d’un antre sauvage. L’amour fut bien forte poison Qui m’ensorcela la raison, Et qui me desroba l’audace Que je portoy dessus la face, Me faisant aller pas à pas, Triste et pensif, le front à bas, En homme qui craint et qui n’ose Se fier plus en nulle chose. Le torment qu’on feint d’Ixion, N’approche de ma passion, Et mieux j’aimerois de Tantale Endurer la peine fatale Un an, qu’estre un jour amoureux, Pour languir autant malheureux Que j’ay fait, depuis que Cassandre Tient mon cœur et ne le veut rendre.
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 Claude Goudimel (c1514 - 1572), "Du jour que je fus amoureus" [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "From the day I fell in love", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: David Wyatt
This text was added to the website: 2022-02-19
Line count: 32
Word count: 179
From the day I fell in love, No food however tasty, No wine however delectable, Was pleasant to my heart; For since that hour I’ve been unable To drink or eat anything which pleased me. A sadness shut up in my soul Feeds me, and nothing else. All the pleasures which I valued When I was free and didn’t love, Now I value them not at all; No more pleasant to me are battles, Tennis, hunting, balls; But like a wild animal To conceal my passion I lose myself In the shelter of a lonely cave. Love was the very strong poison Which bewitched my reason And stole away the daring I wore on my face, Making me go step by step Sad and pensive, my head bowed, Like a man who fears and dares No longer trust in anything. The torture of Ixion they talk of Does not approach my passion, And I’d rather endure The deadly punishment of Tantalus For a year, than be for one day in love And languish as sadly As I have since Cassandre Has held my heart and won’t give it back.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2014 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: 2022-02-19
Line count: 32
Word count: 189
