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by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560)

Le nuict m'est courte
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Le nuict m'est courte, et le jour trop me dure,
Je fuy l'amour, et le suy à la trace,
Cruel me suis, et requier' vostre grace,
Je prend plaisir au tourment que j'endure.

Je voy mon bien, et mon mal je procure,
Desir m'enflamme, et craincte me rend glace,
Je veus courir, et jamais ne desplace,
L'obscur m'est cler, et la lumier' obscure.

Vostre je suis, et ne puis estre mien,
Mon corps est libre, et d'un estroit lien
Je sen mon coeur en prison retenu.
Obtenir veus, et ne puis requerir,
Ainsi me bless', et ne me veut guerir
Ce vieil enfant, aveugl' archer, et nu.

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 Jean de Castro (c1540 - c1600), "Le nuict m'est courte" [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • ENG English (David Jonathan Justman) , title 1: "Night is short for me", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 107

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