Always we have such sadnesses

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and sometimes misattributed to Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Translation © by David Wyatt

Jamais on n'a que tristesses

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Jamais on n'a que tristesses
A server ces grands déesses,
Qui veut avoir les esbatz:
Il faut aymer en lieu bas.
Quand à moy je laisse dire
Tous ceux qui veulent mesdire,
Je ne veux laisser pour eux
En lieu bas d’estre amoureux.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [an adaptation] [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
sometimes misattributed to Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Anthoine de Bertrand (1540? - 1581?), "Jamais on n'a que tristesses", published 1578 [ vocal quartet a cappella ], from 25 Chansons à 4 parties, Livre 3, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2019-10-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Always we have such sadnesses

Language: English after the French (Français)

Always we have such sadnesses
Serving these great goddesses
Who want to frolic:
We should love those lower down.
For myself I will leave
All those who wish, to blame me;
I don’t wish to give up, for them,
Making love lower down.

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a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] and misattributed to Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-10-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 43