by
Théophile de Viau (1590 - 1626)
Language: French (Français)
...
Corine, je te prie, approche ;
Couchons-nous sur ce tapis vert
Et pour être mieux à couvert
Entrons au creux de cette roche.
Ouvre tes yeux, je te supplie :
Mille amours logent là-dedans,
Et de leurs petits traits ardents
Ta prunelle est toute remplie.
...
Ô beauté sans doute immortelle
Où les Dieux trouvent des appas !
Par vos yeux je ne croyais pas
Que vous fussiez du tout si belle.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 16-17,19 of the original text.
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- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Solitude", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2011-06-02
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Language: English after the French (Français)
...
Corinne, I beg you, come near;
Let us lie on this green carpet
And, to be better hidden,
Let us enter the hollow of this rock.
Open your eyes, I beg you;
A thousand loves have their home there,
And with their little burning wounds
Your eye is quite filled.
...
O beauty undoubtedly immortal,
In which the Gods find attractions!
By your eyes, I did not really believe
That you could be so beautiful.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 16-17,19 of the original text.
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- a text in French (Français) by Théophile de Viau (1590 - 1626), "La solitude", subtitle: "Ode"
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