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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Terre, ouvre moy ton sein, et me laisse...
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Terre, ouvre moy ton sein, et me laisse reprendre
Mon thresor, que la Parque a caché dessous toy:
Ou bien si tu ne peux, ô terre, cache moy
Sous mesme sepulture avec sa belle cendre.

Le traict qui la tua, devoit faire descendre
Mon corps aupres du sien pour finir mon esmoy:
Aussi bien, veu le mal qu'en sa mort je reçoy,
Je ne sçaurois plus vivre, et me fasche d'attendre.

Quand ses yeux m'esclairoient, et qu'en terre j'avois
Le bon-heur de les voir, à l'heure je vivois,
Ayant de leurs rayons mon ame gouvernée.

Maintenant je suis mort: la Mort qui s'en-alla
Loger dedans ses yeux, en partant m'appella,
Et me fit de ses pieds accomplir ma journée.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title, written 1578, appears in Sur la mort de Marie, no. 3, first published 1578 [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 Albert Groz , "Terre, ouvre-moi ton sein", op. 8 no. 6, published [1910] [ high voice and piano ], from Les Amours de Marie, no. 6, Paris, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Emanuel Moór (1863 - 1931), "Terre, ouvre moi", op. 88a no. 4 [ voice and piano ], from Premier Recueil de Mélodies, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Earth, open for me", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-09-06
Line count: 14
Word count: 119

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