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by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560)

O foible esprit
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
O foible esprit, chargé de tant de peines
Que ne veux-tu soubz la terre descendre?
O coeur ardent, que n'es-tu mis en cendres?
O tristes yeux, que n'estes vous fonteines?
O bien douteux ô peines trop certaines,
O doux sçavoir trop amer à comprendre,
O Dieu qui fays que j'ose entreprendre
Pourquoy rends tu mes entreprises vaines?
O jeune archer, archer qui n'as point d'ieux,
Pourquoy si droit as-tu pris ta visée?
O vif flambeau qui embrases les Dieux
Pourquoy as-tu ma froideur attisée?
O face d'ange, O coeur de pierre dure
Regarde au moins le tourment que j'endure.

Text Authorship:

  • by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560) [author's text not yet checked 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 Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "O foible esprit", 1571. [5v] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • ENG English (David Jonathan Justman) , title 1: "O weak spirit", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 99

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