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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Je ne suis point
 (Sung text for setting by G. Boni)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  CHI ENG
Je ne suis point, Muses, accoustumé 
Voir vostre bal sous la tarde serée ; 
Je n’ay point beu dedans l’onde sacrée, 
Fille du pied du cheval emplumé. 

De tes beaux rais chastement allumé, 
Je fu poëte ; et si ma voix recrée, 
Et si ma lyre aucunement agrée, 
Ton œil en soit, non Parnasse, estimé. 

Certes, le Ciel te devoit à la France, 
Quand le Thuscan et Sorgue, et sa Florence 
Et son laurier engrava dans les Cieux. 

Ore trop tard, beauté plus que divine, 
Tu vois nostre âge, helas ! qui n’est pas digne 
Tant seulement de parler de tes yeux.

Composition:

    Set to music by Guillaume Boni (c1530 - c1594), "Je ne suis point", published 1607 [ vocal quartet ], from Sonnets de Pierre de Ronsard mis en musique à 4 parties, II, no. 1, 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):

  • CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "我不习惯", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "I am not at all accustomed", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2015-02-26
Line count: 14
Word count: 99

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