Mon triste cueur est en torment, Mon ame seuffre paßion, Helas ce n'est qu'affection, Qui vient d'vn seul departement. Fuyez doncques de moy plaisir, Et vous retirez toute ioye, Gayeté, que plus ie ne vous voye, Car tout mon heur m'est desplaisir. Mais plustost me tue folie, Plus tost ie croye en chose vaine, Plus tost mon repos soit en peine, Que, pres ou loing, ie vous oublie.
Confirmed with Nicolas de Herberay, Le premier livre de la Cronique du tresvaillant & redouté dom Flores de Grece, Jean Longis and Vincent Sertenas, publishers, 1552. Note: it is not known whether Herberay is quoting someone else's work; the text to François Regnard's setting is often attributed to Ronsard, but this poem does not seem to appear in any of Ronsard's works.
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Chanson", first published 1552 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- possibly by Nicolas de Herberay, Seigneur Des Essarts (d. c1552), "Chanson", first published 1552 [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):
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), [adaptation] ; composed by François Regnard.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Song", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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