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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

He Dieu du Ciel je n’eusse pas pensé
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
He Dieu du Ciel je n’eusse pas pensé,
Qu’un seul depart eust causé tant de peine :
Je n’ay sur moy nerf ny tendon, ny veine,
[Faye]1, ny cœur qui n’en soit offensé.

Helas ! je suis à-demy trespassé,
Ains du tout mort, las ! Ma douce inhumaine,
Avecques elle, en s’en allant, emmaine
Mon pauvre cueur de ses beaux yeux blessé.

Que pleust à Dieu ne l’avoir jamais veüe !
Son œil si beau ne m’eust la flamme esmeüe
Par qui me faut un tourment recevoir :

Tel que ma main m’occiroit à ceste heure,
Sans un penser que j’ay de la revoir,
Et ce penser garde que je ne meure.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   P. Monte 

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1 De Monte: "Foye" (a variant of "foie")

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?), "He Dieu du Ciel je n’eusse pas pensé", published 1578 [ vocal quartet a cappella ], from Les Amours de Pierre de Ronsard à 4 parties, Livre 2, no. 16 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Fabrice-Marin Caietain (flourished 1570-1578), "He Dieu du Ciel je n’eusse pas pensé" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Philippe de Monte (1521 - 1603), "He Dieu du Ciel je n’eusse pas pensé" [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: 109

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