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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Dites, maitresse, hé que vous ay‑je...
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Dites, maitresse, hé que vous ay-je fait !
Hé pourquoy, las ! m’estes vous si cruelle ?
Ay-je failly de vous estre fidelle,
Ay-je envers vous commis quelque forfait ?

Dites, maitresse, hé que vous ay-je fait !
Hé pourquoy, las ! m’estes vous si cruelle ?
Ay-je failly de vous estre fidelle,
Ay-je envers vous commis quelque forfait ?

Certes nenny, car plustost que de faire
Chose qui deust tant soit peu vous desplaire,
J’aymerois mieux le trespas encourir.

Mais je vois bien que vous bruslez d’envie
De me tuer : faites moy donc mourir
Puis qu’il plaist, car à vous est ma vie.

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Note: the second stanza is the same as the first, perhaps to give the poem enough lines to be an "official" sonnet.

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website: 2014-10-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 100

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