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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Si mille oeillets, si mille liz...
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Si mille oeillets, si mille liz j'embrasse,
Entortillant mes bras tout à l'entour,
Plus fort qu'un cep, qui d'un amoureux tour
La branche aimée, en mille plis enlasse :

Si le soucy ne jaunist plus ma face,
Si le plaisir fait en moy son le jour,
Si j'aime mieux les Ombres que le jour,
Songe divin, ce bien vient de ta grâce.

Suyvant ton vol je volerois aux cieux :
Mais son portrait qui me trompe les yeux,
Fraude tousjours ma joye entre-rompue.

Puis tu me fuis au milieu de mon bien,
Comme un éclair qui se finist en rien,
Ou comme au vent s'évanouyt la nuë.

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•   J. Leguerney 

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Leguerney uses modernized spelling, for example:
liz -> lis
soucy -> souci
jaunist -> jaunit
moy -> moi
tousjours -> toujours
joye -> joie
entre-rompue -> interrompue
finist -> finit

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Si mille oeillets, si mille liz j'embrasse", appears in Les Amours (1552) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-01
Line count: 14
Word count: 113

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