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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Je sens portraits dedans ma souvenance
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Je sens portraits dedans ma souvenance
Tes longs cheveux, et ta bouche, et tes yeux,
Ton doux regard, ton parler gracieux,
Ton doux maintien, ta douce contenance.

Un seul Janet, honneur de nostre France,
De ses crayons ne les portrairoit mieux,
Que de l’Archer le trait ingenieux 
M’a peint au cœur leur vive remembrance.

Dans le cœur donque, au fond d’un diamant,
J’ay ton portrait, que je suis plus aimant
Que mon cœur mesme. O vive portraiture !

De ce Janet l’artifice mourra ;
Dedans mon cœur le tien me demourra,
Pour estre vif après ma sepulture.

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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):

    [ None yet in the database ]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , title unknown, 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: 95

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