Jane, en te baisant tu me dis
Que j'ay le chef à demy gris,
Et tousjours me baisant tu veux
De l'ongle oster mes blancs cheveux,
Comme s'un cheveu blanc ou noir
[Sur le baiser avoit pouvoir.]1
Mais, Jane, tu te trompes fort :
Un cheveu blanc est assez fort
Au seul baiser, pourveu que point
Tu ne vueilles de l'autre poinct.

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¹ Utendal: "Pour baiser eut quelque pouvoir,"

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 Alexander Utendal (1543?5 - 1581), "Jane en te baisant" [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (David Wyatt) , title unknown, copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2015-08-07
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