by Claude Gruget (d. c1560)
Translation by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
Le Viril
Language: Middle French after the Middle French
Our translations: ENG
Le quint est le Viril, suivant l'aspect de Mars; Son cours est de quinze ans, sa nature fascheuse, Magnanime, constante, avare, dangereuse, Rendant l'homme guerrier suivant ses estendars.
Confirmed with M. Prosper Blanchemain, ed., Œuvres complètes de P. de Ronsard, Tome VI, Paris: Librairie A. Franck, 1866, page 420.
Text Authorship:
- by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Le Viril", appears in Gayetez et Epigrammes, in Sur les sept âges de l'homme, no. 5 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Middle French by Claude Gruget (d. c1560) [text unavailable]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Pero Mexia (1497 - 1551) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jack Ledru (1922 - 2013), "Le Viril", 2010, first performed 2011 [ vocal quartet and piano ], from Sur les Sept Âges de l'homme, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Manhood", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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