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by Louise Labé (1526 - 1566)

Non hauria Vlysse o qualunqu'altro mai
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Non hauria Vlysse o qualunqu'altro mai
Piu accorto fù, da quel diuino aspetto
 Pien di grade, d'honor & di rispetto
 Sperato quai i sento assanni e guai.

Pur, Amor, co i begli ochi tu fatt'hai
 Tal piaga dentro al mio innocente petto,
 Di cibo & di calor gia tuo ricetto,
 Che rimedio non v'e si tu no'l dai.

Ô forte dura, che mi fa esser quale
 Punta d'un Scorpio, & domandar riparo
 Contr' el velen' d'all' istesso animale.

Chieggio li sol' ancida questa noia,
 Non estingua el desir à me si caro,
 Che mancar non potra ch' i non mi muoia.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Œuvres de Louise Labé, texte établi par Charles Boy, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1887, page 93.

Modernized spelling version:

Non havria Ulysse o qualunqu'altro mai
Piu accorto fù, da quel divino aspetto
Pien di gratie, d'honor et di rispetto
Sperato qual i sento affani e guai.

Pur, Amour, coi begli ochi tu fatt'hai
Tal piaga dentro al mio innocente petto,
Di cibo et di calor gia tuo ricetto,
Che rimedio non v'è si tu n'el dai.

O sorte dura, che mi fa esser quale
Punta d'un Scorpio, e domandar riparo,
Contr'el velen' dall'istesso animale.

Chieggio li sol' ancida questa noia,
Non estingua el desir à me si caro,
Che mancar non potra ch'i non mi muoia.

Text Authorship:

  • by Louise Labé (1526 - 1566), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 1 [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 Konrad Boehmer (b. 1941), "Scorpio", published 1980 [ soprano, flute, and percussion ], from Je vis - je meurs, no. 1, Darmstadt, Tonos [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Michel Decoust (b. 1936), "Non avria Ulysse", 2001 [ speaker, mezzo-soprano, accordion, and cello ], from Cinq Sonnets de Louise Labé, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Thomas Oboe Lee (b. 1945), "Non havria Ulysse o qualunqu'altro mai", 2021 [ soprano and piano ], from Sept Sonnets de Louise Labé, no. 1, SMP Press [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926) , no title, appears in Die vierundzwanzig Sonette der Louize Labé, Lyoneserin : 1555, no. 1 ; composed by Walther Prokop.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-06-22
Line count: 14
Word count: 101

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