Night or day | Night or day, I just dream

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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Translation © by David Wyatt

Ni nuit ne jour

(Sung text for setting by F. Regnard)

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Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Ni nuit ne jour, je ne fais que songer,
Limer mon coeur, le mordre et le ronger,
Priant amour qui me tranche la vie,
Mais lui qui rit du tourment qui me point,
Plus je l'appelle et plus je le convie,
Plus fait le sourd et ne me répond point.

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François Regnard

Text Authorship:

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

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ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Night or day", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Night or day

(Sung text translation for setting by F. Regnard)

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Language: English after the French (Français)

Night or day, I just dream,
Scrape away at my heart, gnaw on it, tear at it,
Praying to Love who cuts off my life.
But he who laughs at the torment which hurts me,
The more I call on him, the more I urge him
The more he plays deaf and does not respond at all.

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