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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Plût‑il à Dieu n'avoir jamais tâté
 (Sung text for setting by A. Utendal)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Plût-il à Dieu n'avoir jamais tâté
Si follement le tétin de m'amie !
Sans lui vraiment l'autre plus grande envie,
Hélas ! ne m'eût, ne m'eût jamais tenté.

Comme un poisson, pour s'être trop hâté,
Par un appât, suit la fin de sa vie,
Ainsi je vois où la mort me convie,
D'un beau tétin doucement apâté.

Qui eût pensé, que le cruel destin
Eût enfermé sous un si beau tétin
Un si grand feu, pour m'en faire la proie ?

Avisez donc, quel serait le coucher
Entre ses bras, puisqu'un simple toucher
De mille morts, innocent, me froudroie.

Composition:

    Set to music by Alexander Utendal (1543?5 - 1581), "Plût-il à Dieu n'avoir jamais tâté"

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), appears in Les Amours (1553), no. 1, first published 1553

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Would to God I'd never nibbled", 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: 96

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