by
Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560)
La complainte du désespéré
See originalLanguage: French (Français)
Qui prestera la parolle
A la douleur qui m'afolle ?
Qui donnera les accens
A la plainte qui me guyde ?
Et qui laschera la bride
A la fureur que je sens ?
...
Mais qui sera la première ?
Mais qui sera la dernière
De voz plaintes ? O bons dieux !
La furie qui me domte,
Las, je sens qu'elle surmonte
Ma voix, ma langue & mes yeux.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,6 of the original text.
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- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "The lament of the desperate", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Language: English after the French (Français)
Who will lend the word
For the sadness which maddens me?
Who will add accents to
The lament which guides me?
And who will give rein
To the frenzy which I feel?
...
But which will be first?
Which will be last
Of your laments? Good gods,
The madness which defeats me
I feel now overcoming
My voice, my tongue and my eyes.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,6 of the original text.
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- a text in French (Français) by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560), "La complainte du désespéré"
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This text was added to the website: 2017-06-10
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