Give back my heart | Give back my heart

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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Translation © by David Wyatt

Rends moi mon cœur

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Rends moi mon cœur,
Rends moi mon cœur, pillarde
Que tu retiens dans ton sein arresté
Rends moi, rends moi ma douce liberté
Qu'à tes beaux yeux mal caut, je mis en garde
Rends moi ma vie ou bien la mort retarde
Qui me devance [en aimant]¹ ta beauté
Par ne sai quelle honneste cruauté
Et de plus pres mes angoisses regarde.

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¹ Lassus: "au cours de"

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 Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "Rends-moi mon cœur" [
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ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Give back my heart", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 9
Word count: 62

Give back my heart

Language: English after the French (Français)

Give back my heart, 
Give back my heart, give it back, thief,
That you're keeping locked in your breast -- 
Give it back, and give me my sweet liberty
Which, caught by your lovely eyes, I now put on guard.
Give me my life, or else slow death
Which advances on me [in loving]¹ your beauty
By some well-meaning cruelty,
And consider my agonies more closely.

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¹ Lassus: "through"

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a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-18
Line count: 9
Word count: 65