by Claude Gruget (d. c1560)
Translation by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
Le six, soubs Jupiter, dans douze ans...
Language: Middle French after the Middle French
Our translations: ENG
Chosen for Diff
Le six, soubs Jupiter, dans douze ans faict son cours, Jusqu'en l'an soixante-huit, âge nommé Vieillesse. L'homme alors vers le ciel tout repentant s'adresse, Soigneux de son salut, des humbles le secours.
About the headline (FAQ)
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), "Vieillesse", appears in Gayetez et Epigrammes, in Sur les sept âges de l'homme, no. 6 [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), "La Vieillesse", 2010, first performed 2011 [ vocal quartet and piano ], from Sur les Sept Âges de l'homme, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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