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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Thiard, chacun disoit à mon commencement
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
   Thiard, chacun disoit à mon commencement 
Que j'estoi trop obscur au simple populaire : 
Aujourd'hui, chacun dit que je suis au contraire, 
Et que je me dements parlant trop bassement. 

   Toi, qui as enduré presqu'un pareil torment, 
Di moi, je te suppli, di moi que doi-je faire ? 
Di moi, si tu le sçais, comme doi-je complaire 
'A ce monstre testu, divers en jugement ?
 
   Quand j'escri haultement, il ne veult pas me lire, 
Quand j'escri bassement, il ne fait qu'en médire : 
De quel estroit lien tiendrai-je, ou de quels clous,
 
   Ce monstrueux Prothé, qui se change à tous cous ?
Paix, paix, je t'enten bien: il le faut laisser dire, 
Et nous rire de lui, comme il se rit de nous.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title, appears in Continuation des Amours, in Sonnets en vers héroïques, no. 1, first published 1555 [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):

    [ None yet in the database ]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-08-03
Line count: 14
Word count: 119

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