by
Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
O doux parler dont les mots doucereux
Language: French (Français)
O doux parler dont les mots doucereux
Sont engrauez au fond de ma memoire :
O front, d’Amour le Trofee & la gloire,
O doux souris, O baisers sauoureux :
O cheueux d’or, O coutaux plantureux,
De lis, d’œïllets, de porfyre, & d’yuoire :
O feux iumeaux d’où le Ciel me fit boire
A si longs traits le venin amoureux :
O dents, plustost blanches perles encloses,
Léures, rubis, entre-rangez de roses,
O voix qui peux adoucir vn Lion,
Dont le doux chant l’oreille me vient poindre :
O corps parfait, de tes beautez la moindre
Merite seule vn siege d’Ilion.
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Modernized version:
Ô doux parler dont les mots doucereux
Sont engravés au fond de ma mémoire :
Ô front, d’Amour le Trophée et la gloire,
Ô doux souris, ô baisers savoureux :
Ô cheveux d’or, ô coteaux plantureux,
De lis, d’œillets, de porphyre, et d’ivoire :
Ô feux jumeaux d’où le Ciel me fit boire
À si longs traits le venin amoureux :
Ô dents, plutôt blanches perles encloses,
Lèvres, rubis, entrerangés de roses,
Ô voix qui peux adoucir un Lion,
Dont le doux chant l’oreille me vient poindre :
Ô corps parfait, de tes beautés la moindre
Mérite seule un siège d’Ilion.
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O sweet speech whose soft words
Language: English after the French (Français)
O sweet speech whose soft words
Are engraved deep in my memory;
O brow, the trophy and glory of Love;
O sweet smile, and sweet-tasting kisses;
O golden hair, o bounteous hills
Of lilies and pinks, of porphyry and ivory;
O twin fires from which Heaven made me drink
Such long draughts of love’s poison;
O teeth, or rather a row of white pearls.
Rubies for lips, interspersed with roses,
O voice which could tame a lion,
Whose sweet song has just come to my ear;
O perfect form, the least of your beauties
Alone would justify the siege of Troy.
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Word count: 101