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Mellin de Saint-Gelais (1487 - 1558)
Ou mettra l'on ung baiser favorable
Language: French (Français)
Ou mettra l'on ung baiser favorable
Qu'on m'a donné pour seurement tenir ?
Le mettre en l'œil il n'en est pas capable
La main n'y peult toucher ny advenir,
La bouche en prent ce qu'en peult retenir
Et n'en retient qu'autant que le bien dure.
C'est donc au cueur : l'effaict et garde seure.
De ce présent a aultre n'appartient
O doulx baiser estrange est ta nature,
Bouche le prent et le cueur le retient.
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Where can I put that pleasant kiss
Language: English after the French (Français)
Where can I put that pleasant kiss
That I was given to keep safe ?
I’m not capable of putting it in my eye,
My hand can’t touch or reach it,
My mouth takes what it can of it
Yet keeps only what lasts well.
So, it’s in my heart: take it and keep it safe.
From this moment it belongs to no other.
O sweet kiss, strange is your nature,
The mouth takes you but the heart keeps you.
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