by
Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
Ce beau corail, ce marbre qui souspire
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: CHI ENG
Ce beau corail, ce marbre qui souspire
Et cest’ ébesne, ornement du sourcy
Et cest’ albastre en voute racourcy
Et cest zaphirs, ce jaste et ce porphyre :
Ces diamans, ces rubis, qu’un zéphire
Tient animez d’un soupir adoucy,
Et ces oeilles, et ces roses aussy,
Et ce fin or, où l’or mesme se mire
Me sont au coeur en si profond esmoy,
Qu’un autre objet ne se présente à moy,
Sinon, Belleau, leur beauté que j’honore.
Et le plaisir qui ne se peut passer
De les songer, penser et repenser,
Songer, penser et repenser encore.
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Word count: 95
That fair coral, that breathing marble
Language: English after the French (Français)
That fair coral, that breathing marble,
And that ebony ornament of her brow,
And that alabaster in its brief arch,
And those sapphires, that jasper and that porphyry;
Those diamonds, those rubies, which a Zephyr [breeze]
Keeps in motion with its gentle breath;
And those pinks and roses too,
And that fine gold, at which gold itself wonders;
These are in my heart in such deep excitement
That no other object presents itself to me,
Except, Belleau, their beauty which I honour
And the pleasure which cannot pass
Of dreaming of them, considering and reconsidering them
Dreaming, considering and reconsidering them again.
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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-02
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Word count: 102