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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Si je trespasse entre tes bras Madame
 (Sung text for setting by G. Boni)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Si je trépasse entre tes bras, Madame,
Je suis content, car je ne veux avoir
Plus grand honneur au monde que me voir
En te baisant, dans ton sein rendre l'âme.

Celui que Mars en la jeunesse enflamme
Aille à la guerre, et d'ans et de pouvoir,
Tout furieux, s'ébatte à recevoir
En sa poitrine une Espagnole lame ;

Moy plus couard, 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 monarque Alexandre.

Composition:

    Set to music by Guillaume Boni (c1530 - c1594), "Si je trespasse entre tes bras Madame", published 1608 [ vocal quartet ], from Sonnets de Pierre de Ronsard mis en musique à 4 parties, I, no. 28, Paris, Pierre Ballard

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Si je trépasse entre tes bras, Madame"

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

  • ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) (David Wyatt) , "If I die in your arms, Madame", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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: 108

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