Song | My sad heart is in torment

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possibly by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585) and possibly by Nicolas de Herberay, Seigneur Des Essarts (d. c1552)

Translation © by David Wyatt

Chanson

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

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]

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Also set in French (Français), [adaptation] ; composed by François Regnard.

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

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Line count: 12
Word count: 68

Song

Language: English after the French (Français)

My sad heart is in torment,
My soul suffers all the emotions.
Alas, it is a disease 
Which comes from just one place.

Flee then from me, pleasure,
And draw back, all joy;
Gaiety, may I no more see you;
For all my good fortune is to me displeasure.

Rather, let folly kill me,
Let me believe in vain things,
Let my sleep be troubled,
Than that, far or near, I should forget you.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) possibly by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585) and possibly by Nicolas de Herberay, Seigneur Des Essarts (d. c1552)
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This text was added to the website: 2017-06-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 74