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by Antoine de Chandieu (1534 - 1591)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Arreste, atten, ô mondain

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ITA

Arreste, atten, ô Mondain, où cours-tu?
Escoute, enten la voix de la Vertu.
Las! il passe outre: il cours après le Monde,
Il va courant, fuyant, ainsi que l'onde

D'un gros torrent, que l'orage des cieux,
Fondu en bas, a rendu orgueiieux.
Ma remontrance est un roc qu'il rencontre,
Passant dessus, murmurant à l'encontre.

Text Authorship:

by Antoine de Chandieu (1534 - 1591) [author's text not yet checked 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 Paschal de l'Estocart (1539 - c1584), "Arreste, atten, ô mondain", from Octonaires de la vanité du monde, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Arrestati, Mondano, dove stai andando?", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2004-08-02
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Word count: 54

Arrestati, Mondano, dove stai andando?

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the French (Français)

Arrestati, Mondano, dove stai andando?
Fermati ad ascoltare della virtù la voce.
Ahimè! Lui passa oltre:  corre dietro al Mondo
come un grande torrente che va verso la foce

Scorrendo impetuoso per la furia d’acqua
che in gran quantità discende dall’alto
e il mio consiglio è soltanto una roccia
che lui scavalca con grande fracasso.

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a text in French (Français) by Antoine de Chandieu (1534 - 1591)
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This text was added to the website: 2025-07-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 55