Song | I am a demi god when seated face to face

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by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)

Translation © by David Wyatt

Chanson

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Je suis un Demi-dieu, quand assis vis à vis
De toy, mon cher soucy, j'escoute les devis,
Devis entre-rompuz d'un gracieux sou-rire,

Sou-ris, qui me retient le cœur emprisonnée :
Car en voyant tes yeux, je me pasme estonné,
Et de mes pauvres flancs un seul mot je ne tire.

Ma langue s'engourdist, un petit feu me court
Fretillant sous la peau : je suis muet et sourd,
Un voile sommeillant dessus mes yeux demeure :

Mon sang devient glacé, le courage me faut.
Mon esprit s'evapore, et alors peu s'en faut
Que sans ame à tes pieds estendu je ne meure.

Text Authorship:

by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Chanson" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in French (Français), [adaptation] ; composed by Anthoine de Bertrand, Pierre Certon.
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ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "I am a demi god", title 2: "Song", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 99

Song

Language: English after the French (Français)

I am a demi god when seated face to face
With you, my dear love, I hear you gossip,
Gossip mingled with that gracious smile,

A smile which holds me with heart imprisoned
For in looking into your eyes, I faint away astonished
And cannot find a single word in my poor breast.

My tongue is numbed, a little fire runs
Frisking under my skin, I am dumb and deaf,
A veil rests sleeping over my eyes,

My blood runs cold, courage fails me,
My spirit dissolves, and I am oh so close
To lying senseless, stretched out at your feet, and dying.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Chanson"
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This text was added to the website: 2012-06-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 103