by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560)

De sa peine, et des beautés de sa Dame
 (Sung text for setting by D. Milhaud)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
C'est mon feu, c'est ma cordelle,
Mon froid, ma flèche mortelle.
C'est mon aigle dévorant,
Qui m'ard, lie, englace et blesse,
Et qui dévore sans cesse
Mon coeur sans cesse mourant.

Composition:

    Set to music by Darius Milhaud (1892 - 1974), "De sa peine, et des beautés de sa Dame", op. 409 no. 4 (1964), published 1966 [ soprano and piano ], from L'amour chante, no. 4, Bryn Mawr, Theodore Presser and Co.

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

  • ENG English (David Jonathan Justman) , no title, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 251