My eyes, it is time to cry

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Translation © by Iain Sneddon

Mes yeux il est temps de pleurer

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Mes yeux il est temps de pleurer,
Et vous mon cœur de soupirer,
Le ciel me prepare une absence,
Quand vous serez hors de ces lieux,
Cloris, auray-je puissance
De viure absent de vos beaux yeux ?

Je me veux plaindre a cette fois,
Je veux des Antres et des Bois
Par mes cris troubler le silence,
Quand vous serez hors de ces lieux,
Cloris, auray-je puissance
De viure absent de vos beaux yeux?

O dieux ! que je croyois si doux,
Quelle rigueur exercez vous
Me donnant cette penitence ?
Quand vous serez hors de ces lieux,
Cloris, auray-je puissance
De viure absent de vos beaux yeux ?

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Étienne Moulinié (1599 - 1676), "Mes yeux il est temps de pleurer", published 1624 [ voice, lute ], from Airs avec La Tablature de Luth - Premier Livre, no. 13, Confirmed with Airs avec La Tablature de Luth - Premier Livre, Pierre Ballard, Paris, 1624, Page 16. [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Iain Sneddon) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Iain Sneddon [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-02-18
Line count: 18
Word count: 105

My eyes, it is time to cry

Language: English after the French (Français)

My eyes, it is time to cry,
And you, my heart, to sigh,
Heaven prepares me for an absence,
When you are away,
Cloris, will I have the strength
To live without your beautiful eyes?

I want to complain about this time,
I want the silence of the dens and woods
To be disturbed by my cries,
When you are away,
Cloris, will I have the strength
To live without your beautiful eyes?

O gods! that I thought so kind,
How hard did you work
To giving me this sorrow?
When you are away,
Cloris, will I have the strength
To live without your beautiful eyes?

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This text was added to the website: 2023-02-18
Line count: 18
Word count: 106