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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Douce beauté qui me tenez le cœur
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Douce beauté qui me tenez le cœur,
Et qui avez durant toute l’année
Dedans vos yeux mon ame emprisonnée,
La faisant vivre en si belle langueur :
 
Ha ! que ne puis-je atteindre à la hauteur
Du Ciel tyran de nostre destinée ?
Je changerois sa course retournée,
Et mon malheur je mu’rois en bon heur.
 
Mais estant homme il faut qu’homme j’endure
Du Ciel cruel la violence dure
Qui me commande à mourir pour vos yeux.
 
Doncques je vien vous presenter, Madame,
Ce nouvel an pour obeïr aux Cieux,
Le cœur, l’esprit, le corps, le sang et l’ame.

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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?), "Douce beauté qui me tenez le cœur", published 1578 [ vocal quartet a cappella ], from Les Amours de Pierre de Ronsard à 4 parties, Livre 2, no. 25 [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: 96

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