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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Pareil j'egalle au soleil que j'adore
 (Sung text for setting by A. Bertrand)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Pareil j'egalle au soleil que j'adore
L'autre soleil. Cestuy là de ses yeulx
Enlustre, enflamme, enlumine les cieulx
Et cestuy ci toute la terre honore.

L'art, la Nature et les Astres encore
Les Elements, les Graces et les Dieux
Ont prodigué le parfaict de leur mieux,
Dans son beau jour qui le nostre décore.

Heureux, cent foys heureux, si le destin
N'eust emmuré d'un fort diamantin
Si chaste cuoeur dessoubz si belle face:

Et plus heureux si je n'eusse arraché
Mon cuoeur de moy, pour l'avoyr attaché
De cloudz de feu sur le froid de sa glace.

Composition:

    Set to music by Anthoine de Bertrand (1540? - 1581?), "Pareil j'egalle au soleil que j'adore", first performed 1576 [ vocal quartet a cappella ]

Text Authorship:

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

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "I consider equal to the sun which I adore", copyright © 2012, (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: 97

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