by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
Je te hay bien (croy moy) maitresse
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Je te hay bien (croy moy) maitresse, Je te hay bien, je le confesse. Mais toy que je debvrois plus fort Hayr [mille]1 fois que la mort, Il faut que maugré moy je t'ayme Dix [mille]1 fois plus que moymeisme: Car plus ta fiere cruauté M'espouvante, plus ta beauté (Pour mourir et vivr' avec elle) À ton service me r'appelle.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 de Castro: "mill' et mille"
Authorship:
- by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585) [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):
- by Jean de Castro (c1540 - c1600), "Je te hay bien (croy moy) maitresse" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Denise Isabelle Roger (b. 1924), "Chanson", 1963, copyright © 1980, first performed 1965 [ medium voice and flute ], from Cinq Mélodies sur des poèmes de Ronsard, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "I hate thee (believe me), Mistress", copyright © 2000, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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