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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Devant les yeux nuit et jour me revient
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Devant les yeux nuit et jour me revient
[Le saint portrait]1 de l'angelique face ;
Soit que j'ecrive, ou soit que j'entrelasse
Mes vers au luth, toujours m'en ressouvient.

Voyés, pour dieu, comme un bel œil me tient
En sa prison et point ne me délasse,
Et comme il prend mon cœur dedans sa nasse
Qui de pensée à mon dam l'entretient.

O le grand mal, quand une affection
Peint notre esprit de quelque impression !
J'entends alors que l'Amour ne dedaigne

Subtilement l'engraver de son trait ;
Toujours au cœur nous revient [ce]2 portrait,
Et maugré nous toujours nous accompagne.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Bertrand •   G. Boni •   J. de Maletty 

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1 Bertrand, Boni, Maletty: "L'ydole saint"
2 Bertrand: "le"

Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title [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?), "Devant les yeux nuit et jour me revient", published 1578 [ vocal quartet a cappella ], from 25 Chansons à 4 parties, Livre 3, no. 20 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Guillaume Boni (c1530 - c1594), "Devant les yeux nuit & jour me revient", published 1608 [ vocal quartet ], from Sonnets de Pierre de Ronsard mis en musique à 4 parties, I, no. 22, Paris, Pierre Ballard [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jean de Maletty (flourished 16th century), "Devant les yeux nuit et jour me revient" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2014-10-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 100

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