I die, Paschal, when I see her looking so lovely | I die, Paschal, when I see her looking so lovely

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Translation © by David Wyatt

Je meurs helas, quand je la vois

(Sung text for setting by A. Bertrand)

See original

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG ENG

Je meurs helas, quand je la vois si belle 
Le front si beau, et la bouche et les yeux, 
Yeux le sejour d'amour victorieux 
Qui m'a blessé d'une flèche nouvelle.

Je n'ai ni sang, ni veine, ni moelle, 
Qui ne se change : et me semble qu'aux cieux 
Je suis ravi, assis entre les dieux, 
Quand le bonheur me conduit auprès d'elle.

Ah ! que ne suis-je en ce monde un grand roi !
Elle serait toujours auprès de moi :
Mais n'étant rien, il faut que je m'absente

De sa beauté, dont je n'ose approcher
Que d'un regard transformer je ne sente
Mes yeux en fleuve et mon cœur en rocher.

Composition:

Anthoine de Bertrand

25 Chansons à 4 parties, Livre 3

Text Authorship:

by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

See other settings of this text.

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , "I die, Paschal, when I see her looking so lovely", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-10-28
Line count: 14
Word count: 113

I die, Paschal, when I see her looking so lovely

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Bertrand)

See original

Language: English after the French (Français)

I die, alas, when I see her looking so lovely
Her brow so fine, her lips and eyes,
Her eyes the home of conquering love
Who has wounded me with his latest arrow.

I have neither blood nor vein nor marrow
Which is not changed, and it seems that to heaven
I've been swept up, sat between the gods,
When good fortune brings me near to her.

O that I could be a great king in this world!
She should be always beside me --
But being nothing I have to take myself away

From her beauty which I dare not approach
Save when, with a transforming glance, I feel
My eyes streaming with tears, my heart a stone.

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2012 by David Wyatt, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
- Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view

This text was added to the website: 2012-06-06
Line count: 14
Word count: 122