by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585)
Mais de quoy sert le désirer
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Mais de quoy sert le desirer, Sinon pour l'homme martirer? Le désir n'est rien que martire. Car content n'est le désireux. [Mais]1 l'homme mort est bien heureux : Heureux qui plus rien ne desire.
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1 Arcadelt, Clereau: "Et"
Researcher for this page: David Wyatt
1 Arcadelt, Clereau: "Et"
Text Authorship:
- by Pierre de Ronsard (1524 - 1585), "Mais de quoy sert le désirer" [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 Jacob (aka Jacques or Jachet) Arcadelt (c1505 - c1568), "Mais de quoy sert le désirer" [ sung text checked 2 times]
- by Pierre Cléreau (c1515 - 1569), "Mais de quoy sert le désirer" [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "What use is desire", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: David Wyatt
This text was added to the website: 2012-07-25
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Word count: 33