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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Je voudrois estre Ixion et Tantale
 (Sung text for setting by J. de Maletty)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Je voudrois estre Ixion et Tantale,
Dessus la rouë et dans les eaux là bas,
Et quelquefois presser entre mes bras
Ceste beauté qui les anges égale.

S'ainsi estoit, toute peine fatale
Me seroit doux et ne me chaudroit pas,
Non, d'un vautour fussé-je le repas,
Non, qui le roc remonte et redevale.

Luy tastonner seulement le tetin,
Et changeroit l'obscur de mon destin
Au sort meilleur des princes de l'Asie :

Un demy-dieu me feroit son baiser,
Et flanc à flanc entre ses bras m'aiser,
Un de ceux-là qui mangent l'ambroisie.

Composition:

    Set to music by Jean de Maletty (flourished 16th century), "Je voudrois estre Ixion et Tantale"

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title, appears in Les Amours (1553), no. 4, first published 1553

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2010-03-23
Line count: 14
Word count: 98

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