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[Marie]1, baisez-moy ; non, ne me baisez pas, Mais tirez moy le cœur de vostre douce haleine ; Non, ne le tirez pas, mais hors de chaque veine Succez-moy toute l'ame esparse entre vos bras ; Non, ne la succez pas ; car apres le trespas Que serois-je sinon une semblance vaine, Sans corps, desur la rive, où l'amour ne demeine (Pardonne moy, Pluton) qu'en feintes ses esbas ? Pendant que nous vivons, entr'aimons nous, Marie, Amour ne regne point sur la troupe blesmie Des morts, qui sont sillez d'un long somme de fer. C'est abus que Pluton ait aimé Proserpine ; Si doux soing n'entre point en si dure poitrine : Amour regne en la terre et non point en enfer.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 de Bertrand: "Mignonne"; further changes may exist not shown above.
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- by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Anthoine de Bertrand (1540? - 1581?), "Mignonne, baisez-moi", published 1578, first performed 1576 [ vocal quartet a cappella ], from Les Amours de Pierre de Ronsard à 4 parties, Livre 2, no. 12 [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Darling, kiss me", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: David Wyatt
Text added to the website: 2014-01-15 00:00:00
Last modified: 2015-04-23 23:27:10
Line count: 14
Word count: 122
Marie1, kiss me ; no, don't kiss me But draw out my heart with your sweet breath; No, don't draw it out, but from each vein Suck out my whole soul, spread within your arms; No, don't suck it out; for after my death What would I be but an empty shade With no body, upon the river where love dances (Pardon me, Pluto) its frolics only in sham. While we live, let us love one another, Marie, Love does not reign at all over the pallid company Of the dead, who are buried in a long, iron-hard sleep. It's a lie that Pluto loved Proserpina; So sweet a care never entered so harsh a breast; Love reigns with the ladies, never in Hades.
1 de Bertrand: "Darling"
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- a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title
Text added to the website: 2014-01-15 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:05:28
Line count: 14
Word count: 124