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by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560)

S'il a dict vray, seiche pour moy...
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
S'il a dict vray, seiche pour moy l'ombrage 
De l'arbre sainct, ornement de mes vers. 
Mon nom sans bruit erre par l'univers, 
Pleuve sur moy du ciel toute la rage. 
S'il a dict vray, de mes soupirs l'orage, 
De cruauté les durs rochers couvers, 
De desespoir les abismes ouvers, 
Et tout peril conspire en mon naufrage. 
S'il a menti, la blanche main d'yvoire 
Ceigne mon front des fueilles, que j'honnore: 
Les Astres soient les bornes de ma gloire. 
Le ciel bening me decouvre sa trace: 
Voz deux beaux yeux, deux flambeaux que j'adore, 
Guident ma nef au port de vostre grace. 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560), no title, written 1550, appears in L'Olive, no. 98, Éd. Gilles Corroset et Arnoul l'Angelier, first published 1550 [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 André-Marie Cuvelier , "S'il a dit vrai", 1941 [ high voice and piano ], from Chansons pour Hélène, 8ème recueil, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-05-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 101

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