Since You Are Whiter

Poem by Pierre De Ronsard Collection Second Book of LovesThemes LovePeriod 16th century

Song

Since you are whiter than the lily,
Who made your little vermilion lip red
With such a lovely hue? Who is it that placed
On your fair breast this rosy color?

Who darkened the arches of your eyebrows?
Who tanned your beautiful eyes, my mistress?
O great beauty filled with cares,
O great beauty full of great joy!

O sweet, beautiful, honest cruelty,
That gently compels me to follow you,
O proud, ungrateful, and troublesome beauty,
With you I want to die and live.

Pierre de Ronsard

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