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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Si je trépasse entre tes bras, Madame
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Si je trépasse entre tes bras, Madame,
Il me suffit, car je ne veux avoir
Plus grand honneur, sinon que de me voir
En te baisant, dans ton sein rendre l'âme.

Celui que Mars horriblement enflamme
Aille à la guerre, et manque de pouvoir,
Et jeune d'ans, s'ébatte à recevoir
En sa poitrine une Espagnole lame ;

Mais moi, plus froid, je ne requiers, sinon
Après cent ans, sans gloire, et sans renom,
Mourir oisif en ton giron, Cassandre.

Car je me trompe, ou c'est plus de bonheur,
Mourir ainsi, que d'avoir tout l'honneur,
Pour vivre peu, d'un guerrier Alexandre.

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F. Regnard sets stanza 1
A. Utendal sets stanza 1

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  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Si je trépasse entre tes bras, Madame" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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