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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Las, je me plain de mille et mille et...
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Las, je me plain de mille et mille et mille
Souspirs, qu'en vain des flancz je vais tirant,
Heureusement mon plaisir martirant
Au fond d'une eau qui de mes pleurs distille.

Puis je me plain d'un portraict inutile,
Ombre du vray que je suis adorant,
Et de ces yeulx qui me vont devorant,
Le cuoeur bruslé d'une flamme gentille.

Mais parsus tout je me plain d'un penser,
Qui trop souvent dans mon cuoeur faict passer
Le souvenir d'une beaulté cruelle,

Et d'un regret qui me pallist si blanc,
Que je n'ay plus en mes veines de sang,
Aux nerfz de force, en mes oz de moëlle.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Regnard 

F. Regnard sets stanza 1

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title [author's text checked 1 time 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 Anthoine de Bertrand (1540? - 1581?), "Las, je me plain de mille et mille et mille", 1576, published 1578, first performed 1576 [ vocal quartet a cappella ], from Les Amours de Pierre de Ronsard à 4 parties, Livre 1, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Marc-Antoine Muret (1526 - 1585), "Las, je me plain de mille et mille" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by François Regnard (c1530 - c1600), "Las, je me plain de mille et mille et mille", stanza 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Alas, I weep with thousand upon thousand sighs", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-03-23
Line count: 14
Word count: 106

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