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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Quand je dors je ne sens rien
 (Sung text for setting by J. Castro)
 Matches original text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Quand je dors je ne sens rien,
Je ne sens ne mal ne bien,
Plus je ne me puis cognoitre,
Je ne sçay ce que je suis,
Ce que je fus, et ne puis
Sçavoir ce que je dois estre:
J'ay perdu le souvenir
Du passé, de l'advenir,
Je ne suis que vaine masse
De bronz' en homme gravé,
Ou quelque term' elevé
Pour parad' en une place.

Toutesfois je suis vivant,
Repoussant mes flancs de vent,
Et si perds toute memoire:
Voyés donc que je seray
Quand mort je reposeray
Au fond de la tombe noire!
L'ame volant d'un plain saut
A Dieu s'en ira là haut
Avecque luy se resoudre:
Mais ce mien corps enterré,
Sillé d'un somme ferré,
Ne sera plus rien que poudre.

Composition:

    Set to music by Jean de Castro (c1540 - c1600), "Quand je dors je ne sens rien"

Text Authorship:

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

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "When I sleep I feel nothing", 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: 24
Word count: 127

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