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by Rémy Belleau (1527/8 - 1577)

Ah ! je vous pri', mes yeux, soyez‑moi...
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ah ! je vous pri', mes yeux, soyez-moi si courtois 
De me fournir de pleurs, n'épargnez la fontaine 
Qui ne tarit jamais de l'humeur de ma peine, 
Soyez-m'en libéraux, au moins a cette fois ! 

Je sens une douleur qui m'étoupe la voix, 
Qui me glace le sang et retient mon haleine ; 
Je vois déjà la mort cruelle qui me mène 
Où les simples bergers sont grands comme les rois. 

Cette douleur me vient d'une jalouse envie 
Que j'ai de voir, absent, les grâces de ma vie 
Avant que de mourir, et de baiser encor 

L'ivoire blanchissant de sa chaste poitrine, 
De voir ses yeux, sa main et sa marche divine, 
Puis, en baisant, mourir dessus ses lèvres d'or. 

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Les chefs-d'vre lyriques de Pierre de Ronsard et de son école, ed. by Auguste Dorchain, Paris, A. Perche, pages 88-89.


Text Authorship:

  • by Rémy Belleau (1527/8 - 1577), no title, appears in La bergerie, in Baisers, no. 3 [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 , "Ah ! Je vous pri', mes yeux", 1940 [medium voice and piano], from Chansons pour Hélène, 8ème recueil, no. 4. [ sung text not verified ]

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: 117

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