by
Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
Las, toi qui es de moi
Language: French (Français)
Las, toi qui es de moi la quintessence,
De qui l'humeur sur la mienne a puissance
Ou de tes yeux serene mes douleurs,
Ou bien les miens alambique en fontaine
Pour étouffer le plus vif de ma peine
Dans le ruisseau qui naîtra de mes pleurs.
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- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Alas, you who are my perfection", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Alas, you who are my perfection
Language: English after the French (Français)
Alas, you who are my perfection,
Whose mood has power over mine
Whether my sadness at your serene look
Or mown eyes pouring tears like a fountain
To drown the sharpest of my pains
In the stream which springs from my tears.
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