De sa peine, et des beautés de sa Dame

C'est mon feu, c'est ma cordelle,
Mon froid, ma flèche mortelle.
C'est mon aigle dévorant,
Qui m'ard, lie, englace et blesse,
Et qui dévore sans cesse
Mon coeur sans cesse mourant.

by Joachim du Bellay (1525-c1560)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) , "De sa peine, et des beautés de sa Dame", 1964, published 1966, from L'amour Chante, no. 4.

ENG English (David Jonathan Justman)

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