Ah see, my dear trouble!

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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Translation © by David Wyatt

Mais voyez mon cher esmoy

(Sung text for setting by G. Hele)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Mais voyez mon cher esmoy,
Voyez combien de merveilles
Vous parfaites dedans moy
Par vos beautez nompareilles.

De telle façon vos yeux,
Vostre ris et vostre grace,
Vostre front et vos cheveux ,
 ... 

Me bruslent depuis le jour
Que j’en eu la cognoissance,
Desirant par grand amour
En avoir la jouyssance :

Que sans l’aide de mes pleurs
Dont ma vie est arrosée,
Long temps a que les chaleurs
D’Amour l’eussent embrasée.

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George de la Hele

Text Authorship:

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

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Word count: 157

Ah see, my dear trouble!

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Hele)

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Language: English after the French (Français)

Ah see, my dear trouble!
See how many wonders
You perfect within me
Through your matchless beauty.

In such a way your eyes
Your smile and your grace,
Your brow and your hair,
And your angelic face

Have been burning me since the day
When I first knew them,
Wishing with great passion
To have the pleasure of them;

So that without the aid of my tears
With which my life is bedewed,
Long since the heats
Of Love would have set me ablaze.

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