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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Quel dieu malin, quel estre me fit estre
 (Sung text for setting by G. Boni)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Quel Dieu malin, quel astre, me fit estre
Et de misére et de tourment si plein ?
Quel destin fit que tousjours je me plain
De la rigueur d'un trop rigoureux maistre ?

Quelle des Sœurs, à l'heure de mon estre
Noircit le fil de mon sort inhumain?
Et quel démon d'une senestre main,
Berça mon corps quand le ciel me fit naistre?

Bien heureux ceux dont la terre a les os !
Bien heureux ceux que la nuict du chaos
Presse au giron de sa masse brutale !

Sans sentiment, leur repos est heureux:
Que suis-je, las ! moy chetif amoureux,
Pour trop sentir, qu'un Sisyphe ou Tantale ?

Composition:

    Set to music by Guillaume Boni (c1530 - c1594), "Quel dieu malin, quel estre me fit estre", published 1608 [ vocal quartet ], from Sonnets de Pierre de Ronsard mis en musique à 4 parties, I, no. 27, 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) , "What malign god, what star made me", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2015-03-01
Line count: 14
Word count: 105

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