by
Théophile de Viau (1590 - 1626)
Language: French (Français)
...
Si tu mouilles tes doigts d'ivoire
Dans le cristal de ce ruisseau,
Le Dieu qui loge dans cette eau
Aimera, S'il en ose boire.
Présente-lui ta face nue,
Tes yeux avecques l'eau riront,
Et dans ce miroir écriront
Que Vénus est ici venue.
...
Entends ce Dieu qui te convie
A passer dans son élément ;
Ouïs qu'il soupire bellement
Sa liberté déjà ravie.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 27-28,30 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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Language: English after the French (Français)
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If you moisten your ivory fingers
In this crystal stream,
The god who lives in these waters
Will fall in love, if he dares drink them.
Show him your face, uncovered, and
Your eyes will laugh with the waters
And in their mirror they will write
That Venus has come here.
...
Hear this god who urges you
To cross into his element;
Hear how he sighs beautifully,
His freedom already stolen away.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 27-28,30 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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