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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

[No title]
 (Sung text for setting by F. Martin)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Qui voudra voir comme un dieu me surmonte,
Comme il m'assaut, comme il se fait vainqueur,
Comme il renflamme et renglace mon coeur,
Comme il se fait un honneur de ma honte,

Qui voudra voir une jeunesse prompte
A suivre en vain l'objet de son malheur,
Me vienne lire: il verra ma douleur
Dont ma déesse et mon dieu ne font compte.

Il connaîtra qu'amour est sans raison,
Un doux abus, une belle prison,
Un vain espoir qui de vent nous vient paître.

Et connaîtra que l'homme se décoit
Quand plein d'erreur un aveugle il reçoit
Pour sa conduite, un enfant pour son maître.

Composition:

    Set to music by Frank Martin (1890 - 1974), no title, 1921 [ mezzo-soprano, flute, viola, and cello ], from Quatre sonnets à Cassandre, no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title, first published 1552

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , "Whoever wishes to see a god overcoming me", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Peter Low [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 104

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