by
Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
A ton frere Paris tu sembles en beauté
Language: French (Français)
A ton frere Paris tu sembles en beauté,
A ta sœur Polyxene en chaste conscience,
A ton frere Hélenin en prophete science,
A ton parjure ayeul en peu de loyauté ;
A ton frere Paris en brave royauté,
Au viellard Antenor en mieleuse éloquence,
A ta tante Antigone en superbe arrogance,
A ton grand frere Hector en fiere cruauté.
Neptune n’assit onc une pierre si dure
Dedans le mur Troyen, que toy pour qui j’endure
Un [million]1 de morts ; ny Ulysse veinqueur
N’emplit tant Ilion de feux, de cris, et d’armes,
De soupirs, et de pleurs, que tu combles mon cœur,
Sans l’avoir mérité, de sanglos et de larmes.
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1 Boni: "mille million"
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- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "You are like your brother Paris in beauty", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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You are like your brother Paris in beauty
Language: English after the French (Français)
You are like your brother Paris in beauty,
Your sister polyxena in chaste conscience,
Your brother Helenus in prophetic skill,
Your perjured grandfather [Laomedon] in faithlessness;
Your brother Paris in brave queenliness,
Old Antenor in honeyed speech,
Your aunt Antigone in magnificent arrogance,
Your great brother Hector in proud cruelty.
Neptune never placed a stone so hard
In Troy’s walls as you, for whom I endure
A [million]1 deaths ; nor did conquering Ulysses
Fill Ilium so full of fires, cries, arms,
Sighs and laments, as you fill my heart –
Which does not deserve it – with sobs and tears.
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1 Boni: "thousand million"
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This text was added to the website: 2015-02-26
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Word count: 100