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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Pour estre en vain tes beaux soleils aimant
 (Sung text for setting by G. Boni)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Pour estre en vain tes beaux soleils aimant,
Non pour ravir leur divine etincelle,
Contre le roc de ta rigueur cruelle
Amour m'attacheà mille clous d'aimant.

En lieu d‘un Aigle, un Soin horriblement
Claquant du bec et tresmoussant de l'aisle,
Ronge, goulu, ma poitrine immortelle
Par un desir qui naist journellement.

Mais de cent maux, et de cent que j'endure,
Fiché cloué dessus la rigueur dure,
Le plus cruel me seroit le plus dous,

Si j'esperois apres un long espace
Venir vers moy l'Hercule de ta grace,
Pour delacer le moindre de mes nouds.

Composition:

    Set to music by Guillaume Boni (c1530 - c1594), "Pour estre en vain tes beaux soleils aimant", published 1608 [ vocal quartet ], from Sonnets de Pierre de Ronsard mis en musique à 4 parties, I, no. 2, Paris, Pierre Ballard

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "For being a lover in vain", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2015-02-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 95

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