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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Pleut‑il à Dieu n'avoir jamais taté
 (Sung text for setting by J. Castro)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Pleut-il à Dieu n'avoir jamais taté
  Si follement le tetin de m'amie!
  Sans luy vrayement l'autre plus grand' envie,
  Helas! ne m'eut, ne m'eut jamais tanté.

Qui eut pensée, que le cruel destin
  Eut enfermé sous un si beau tetin
  Un si grand feu, pour m'en faire la proie?

Avisés donc, quel seroit le coucher
  Entre ses bras, puis qu'un simple toucher
  De mille mors, innocent, me foudroie.

Composition:

    Set to music by Jean de Castro (c1540 - c1600), "Pleut-il à Dieu n'avoir jamais taté"

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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