by Philippe Quinault (1635 - 1688)

Bois épais
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Bois épais, redouble ton ombre;
Tu ne saurais être assez sombre,
Tu ne peux pas trop cacher
Mon malheureux amour.

Je sens un désespoir
Dont l'horreur est extrême,
Je ne dois pas plus voir ce que j'aime,
Je ne veux plus souffrir le jour.

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

  • ENG English (Brian Charles Witkowski) , "Deep woods", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Brian Charles Witkowski , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2004-04-02
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Word count: 44