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Qui dira ma robe fourrée De la belle pluie dorée, Qui Daphnes enclose esbranla : Je ne sçay rien moins, que celà. Qui dira, qu'à plusieurs je tens Pour en avoir mon passetemps, Prenant mon plaisir çà, et là : Je ne sçay rien moins, que celà. Qui dira, que t'ay revelé Le feu long temps en moi celé Pour en toy veoir si force il a : Je ne sçay rien moins, que celà. Qui dira, que d'ardeur commune, Qui les Jeunes gentz importune, De toy je veulx, et puis holà: Je ne sçay rien moins, que celà. Mais qui dira, que la Vertu, Dont tu es richement vestu, En ton amour m'estincelà : Je ne sçay rien mieux, que celà. Mais qui dira que d'amour saincte Chastement au cueur suis attaincte, Qui mon honneur onc ne foulà : Je ne sçay rien mieux, que celà.
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Confirmed with Pernette Du Guillet, Rymes (1545), Edition critique, Geneva: Droz, 2006, Pages 151-153.
Text Authorship:
- by Pernette du Guillet (1520 - 1545), no title, first published 1545 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Bruno Gousset (b. 1958), "Qui dira ?", op. 25 no. 3 (1983) [ soprano and piano ], from Trois Poèmes de Femmes, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude Tricot (1926 - 2009), "Qui dira" [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies, recueil 2, no. 8, Paris, Éd. Choudens [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2016-12-19
Line count: 24
Word count: 142
Whoever says my fur-trimmed robe Is gilded by the beautiful rain That shook imprisoned Daphne: I know nothing less than that. Whoever says that there are several To whom I turn to pass my time, Taking my pleasure here and there: I know nothing less than that. Whoever says that I've revealed to you The fire long concealed within me To see if it has power over you: I know nothing less than that. Whoever says that with the common heat That plagues the young, I desire you, and then cry whoa! I know nothing less than that. But whoever says that Virtue, With which you are richly attired, Shone upon me in your love: I know nothing better than that. But whoever says that by holy love I am chastely touched at the heart, Which has never trodden on my honor: I know nothing better than that.
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Translations of titles:
"Qui dira" = "Whoever says"
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Pernette du Guillet (1520 - 1545), no title, first published 1545
This text was added to the website: 2025-10-07
Line count: 24
Word count: 148