by Louise Labé (1526 - 1566)
O beaus yeus bruns, ô regars destournez Matches original text
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Ô beaus yeus bruns, ô regars destournez, Ô chaus soupirs, ô larmes espandues, Ô noires nuits vainement atendues, Ô iours luisans vainement retournez : Ô tristes pleins, ô desirs obstinez, Ô tems perdu, ô peines despendues, Ô mile morts en mile rets tendues, Ô pires maus contre moy destinez. Ô ris, ô front, cheueus, bras, mains & doits : Ô lut pleintif, viole, archet & vois : Tant de flambeaus pour ardre une femmelle ! De toy me plein, que tant de feus portant, En tant d'endrois d'iceus mon cœur tatant. N'en est sur toy volé quelque estincelle.
Composition:
- Set to music by Aribert Reimann (b. 1936), "O beaus yeus bruns, ô regars destournez", op. 10 no. 1 (1986), published 1988 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Neun Sonette der Louize Labé, no. 1, Mainz, B. Schott's Söhne; confirmed with a CD booklet
Text Authorship:
- by Louise Labé (1526 - 1566), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 2
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Rainer Maria Rilke) , no title, appears in Die vierundzwanzig Sonette der Louize Labé, Lyoneserin : 1555, no. 2
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-06-22
Line count: 14
Word count: 94