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Louise Labé, Vingt-et-unième Sonnet Sonnets, Élégies, Épitres... baptiste.coulmont@nyu.edu |
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Quelle grandeur rend l'homme vénérable ? |
What stature puts a man beyond compare? What size? What kind of hair? What coloring? Which are the eyes whose sweetness hides a sting, Which are most apt to wound beyond repair? What kind of music best a man befits? Which goes the deepest when he sings his pain, Which is improved by his sweet lute's refrain? What disposition best to love submits? I would not want to say with certainty, For Love has put my judgment all awry, But well I know and do no proof require, That all the beauty one might show to me, And all the art that's Nature's firm ally Could in no way increase my own desire. Text from : http://home.infi.net/~ddisse/labe.html |
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