by Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532 - 1589)
Vous me tuez si doucement
Language: French (Français)
Vous me tuez si doucement Avecque tourmens tant bénins Que ne sais chose de douceur Plus douce que'est ma douce mort. S'il faut mourir, mourons d'amour. Si glorieux je suis d'aimer Et tant satisfait, tant heureux Que je prise un de mes ennuis Cent mille biens d'une autre main. S'il faut mourir, mourons d'amour. Puisque si doucement je meurs Avecque tourmens tant bénins Je ne cherche aucune douceur Plus douce qu'est [une]1 douce mort. S'il faut mourir, mourons d'amour.
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Authorship:
- by Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532 - 1589), no title, appears in Chansonnettes mesurées [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 Paul Ladmirault (1877 - 1944), "Vous me tuez", published 1930 [ voice and piano ], from Six Chansonnettes de Baïf (en vers métriques), no. 1, Éd. Robert Deiss [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacques Mauduit (1557 - 1627), "Vous me tuez si doucement" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Denise Isabelle Roger (b. 1924), "Vous me tuez si doucement", 1966, first performed 1973 [ medium voice, flute, and harp ], from Trois Poèmes de Jan Antoine de Baïf, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "You kill me so sweetly", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Elena María Accinelli) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Elena María Accinelli
This text was added to the website: 2007-06-20
Line count: 15
Word count: 79