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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Vu que tu es plus blanche que le lis
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Vu que tu es plus blanche que le lis,
Qui t'a rougi ta lèvre vermeillette
D'un si beau teint ? Qui est-ce qui t'a mis
Sur ton beau sein cette couleur rougette ?

Qui t'a noirci les arcs de tes sourcils ?
Qui t'a bruni tes beaux yeux, ma maîtresse ?
Ô grand beauté remplie de soucis,
Ô grand beauté pleine de grand liesse !

Ô douce, belle, honnête cruauté,
Qui doucement me contraint de te suivre,
Ô fière, ingrate, et fâcheuse beauté,
Avecque toi je veux mourir et vivre.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Vu que tu es plus blanche", subtitle: "Chanson", appears in Les Amours (1553), first published 1553 [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 Anthoine de Bertrand (1540? - 1581?), "Veu que tu es plus blanche que le liz", published 1578, first performed 1576 [ vocal quartet a cappella ], from Les Amours de Pierre de Ronsard à 4 parties, Livre 2, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Pierre Thilloy (b. 1970), "Vu que tu es plus blanche", op. 172 no. 2 (2010), published 2010 [ baritone and piano ], from Le Piège des fleurs, trois mélodies pour baryton sur des poèmes de Ronsard, no. 2, Éd. Musicales de La Salamandre [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Since you are whiter than the lily", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-10-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 85

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