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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Certes mon œil fut trop avantureux
 (Sung text for setting by A. Bertrand)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Certes mon œil fut trop avantureux
De regarder une chose si belle,
Une vertu digne d'une immortelle,
Et dont Amour est mesmes amoureux.

Depuis ce jour je devins langoureux
Pour aymer trop ceste beauté cruelle:
Cruelle non, mais doucement rebelle
A ce desir qui me rend malheureux:

Malheureux, non, heureux je me confesse,
Tant vaut l'amour d'une telle maitresse,
A qui je suis, et à qui je veux plaire.

Je l'ayme tant qu'aymer je ne me puis,
Je suis tant sien que plus mien je ne suis,
Bien que pour elle Amour me desespere.

Composition:

    Set to music by Anthoine de Bertrand (1540? - 1581?), "Certes mon œil fut trop avantureux", published 1578, first performed 1576 [ vocal quartet a cappella ], from Les Amours de Pierre de Ronsard à 4 parties, Livre 2, no. 15

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title

See other settings of this text.

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Indeed my eye was too adventurous", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2010-10-28
Line count: 14
Word count: 97

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