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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Celui qui n’ayme est malheureux
 (Sung text for setting by C. Goudimel)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Celuy qui n’ayme est malheureux
Et malheureux est l’amoureux
Mais la misere la plus grande,
C’est quand l’amant apres avoir
En bien servant fait son devoir
Ne peut avoir ce qu’il demande.

La race en amours ne sert rien,
Ne beauté, grace, ne maintien
Sans honneur la muse gist morte,
Sans plus les femmes du jourdhuy,
En se vendant, ayment celuy
Qui le plus d’argent leur aporte.

Puisse mourir mechantement
Qui l’or ayma premierement,
Par luy le frere n’est pas frere,
Par luy le pere n’est pas père,
Par luy la seur n’est pas seur,
Et la mere n’est pas la mere.

Composition:

    Set to music by Claude Goudimel (c1514 - 1572), "Celui qui n’ayme est malheureux"

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "He who loves not is unfortunate", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2022-02-18
Line count: 18
Word count: 102

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