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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Quand ma maitresse au monde print...
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Quand ma maitresse au monde print naissance, 
Honneur, Vertu, Grace, Savoir, Beauté 
Eurent debat avec la Chasteté 
Qui plus auroit [sus]1 elle de puissance. 

L'une vouloit en avoir joüyssance, 
L'autre vouloit l'avoir de son costé, 
Et le debat immortel eust esté 
Sans Jupiter, qui [leur posa]2 silence. 

Filles, dit-il, ce n'est pas la raison 
[Que l'une seule ait si belle maison,]3 
Pour-ce je veus qu'apointement on face: 

L'accord fut fait: et plus soudainement 
Qu'il ne l'eut dit, toutes également 
En son beau cors pour jamais [prindrent]4 place.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. de Maletty •   P. Monte 

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1 de Maletty: "sur"
2 de Maletty, de Monte: "fist fair"
3 de Maletty, de Monte: "Qu'une pour elle ait toute la maison"; one part (only) in Bertrand's version has the combined text "Que l’une seule ait toute la maison"
4 de Maletty: "eurent"

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title, appears in Continuation des Amours, no. 34, first published 1555 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Anthoine de Bertrand (1540? - 1581?), "Quand ma maistresse au monde print naissance", published 1578, first performed 1576 [ vocal quartet a cappella ], from Les Amours de Pierre de Ronsard à 4 parties, Livre 2, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jean de Maletty (flourished 16th century), "Quand ma maitresse au monde print naissance" [ vocal quartet ], note: only one voice-part currently exists [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Philippe de Monte (1521 - 1603), "Quand ma maitresse au monde print naissance" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "When my mistress was born into the world", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2010-10-28
Line count: 14
Word count: 91

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