Amour, Amour, donne moy paix ou treve | Amour, Amour, donne moy paix ou treve

Amour, Amour, donne moy paix ou treve

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Amour, Amour, donne moy paix ou treve,
Ou bien retire, et d'un garrot plus fort
Tranche ma vie et m'avance la mort.
Me bienheurant d'une langeur plus breve.

Soit que la jour se couche ou se releve
Je sens toujours un penser qui me mord.
Et malheureux en si heureux effort.
Me faict la guerre, et mes peines rengrève.

Que doy-je faire ?  Amour me fait errer
Si hautement, que je n'ose esperer
De mon salut que la desesperance.

Puis qu'Amour donc ne me veut secourir
Pour me defendre il me plait de mourir.
Et par la mort retrouver delivrance.

Available sung texts: ← What is this?

• A. Bertrand • J. Castro • R. de Lassus • J. de Maletty • A. Utendal

A. Utendal sets lines 1-4
J. Castro sets lines 9-14

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Text Authorship:

by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title [author's text checked 2 times 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?), "Amour, donne moy paix ou trève", 1576, published 1578, first performed 1576 [ vocal quartet a cappella ], from Les Amours de Pierre de Ronsard à 4 parties, Livre 1, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Fabrice-Marin Caietain (flourished 1570-1578), "Amour, Amour, donne moy paix ou treve" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Jean de Castro (c1540 - c1600), "Que dois-je faire?", lines 9-14 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "Amour, donne moy paix ou treve" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Jean de Maletty (flourished 16th century), "Amour, Amour, donne moy paix ou treve" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Alexander Utendal (1543?5 - 1581), "Amour, Amour, donne moy paix ou treve", lines 1-4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 102