by Jean-Baptiste Pocquelin (1622 - 1673), as Molière
Translation © by Richard Wilbur (1921 - 2017)
Votre prudence est endormie
Language: French (Français)
Votre prudence est endormie, De traiter magnifiquement, Et de loger superbement Votre plus cruelle ennemie. Faites-la sortir, quoi qu’on die, De votre riche appartement, Où cette ingrate insolemment Attaque votre belle vie. Quoi ! sans respecter votre rang, Elle se prend à votre sang, Et nuit et jour vous fait outrage ! Si vous la conduisez aux bains, Sans la marchander davantage, Noyez-la de vos propres mains.
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Note: this sonnet is spoken by the character Trissotin. It does not appear all at once.Text Authorship:
- by Jean-Baptiste Pocquelin (1622 - 1673), as Molière, no title, appears in Les femmes savantes, Act III, Scene 3 [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 René-Félix Brancour (1862 - 1948), "Sonnet de Trissotin sur la fièvre qui tient la Princesse Uranie", 1922, published 1922 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2017-01-24
Line count: 14
Word count: 65
Your prudence, Madam, must have drowsed
Language: English after the French (Français)
Your prudence, Madam, must have drowsed [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Text Authorship:
- by Richard Wilbur (1921 - 2017), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Jean-Baptiste Pocquelin (1622 - 1673), as Molière, no title, appears in Les femmes savantes, Act III, Scene 3
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
This text was added to the website: 2026-04-29
Line count: 14
Word count: 98