by
Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
L'amant malheureux
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A ce malheur qui jour et jour me point
Et qui ravit ma jeune liberté,
Dois-je toujours obéir en ce point,
Ne recevant que toute cruauté ?
Fidellement
Aimant,
Je sens
Mes sens
Troubler,
Et mon mal redoubler.
Cet or frisé et le lys de son teint,
Sous un soleil doublement éclairci,
Ont tellement mes moëlles atteint,
Que je me vois déjà presque transi.
Son œil ardant,
Dardant
En moi,
L'émoi
Du feu,
Me brûle peu à peu.
...
Et nonobstant, cruelle, que je meurs
En observant une sainte amitié,
Il ne te chaut de toutes mes clameurs,
Qui te devraient inciter à pitié.
Vien donc, archer
Tres-cher,
Volant,
Doublant
Le pas,
Me guider au trespas !
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- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "The lover's illness", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This illness, which stabs me day and night,
And which steals the freedom of my youth,
Must I always obey it in this way,
Receiving only cruelty?
Loyally
Loving
I fell
My feelings
Troubled
And my illness doubled.
These golden curls, and the lilies of her skin
Beneath a sun shining doubly-clear
Have struck me to the core so far
That I feel myself almost frozen.
Burning,
Flashing,
Her eye
The fire
Of torches
Slowly scorches.
...
And though I may die, cruel one,
Preserving this holy friendship
All my cries will not bother you
Who ought to be moved to pity.
Cupid dear
Come here
Fly fast
Fly high
Guide my path
To death.
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