by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
 ... 
Que doy-je faire ?  Amour me fait errer
Si hautement, que je n'ose esperer
De mon salut que la desesperance.
Puis qu'Amour donc ne me veut secourir
Pour me defendre il me plait de mourir.
Et par la mort retrouver delivrance.

Composition:

    Set to music by Jean de Castro (c1540 - c1600), "Que dois-je faire?", lines 9-14

Text Authorship:

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Love, Love, give me peace or a truce", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 102