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Je ne veux comparer tes beautez à la Lune by Cayon(f): 11:44pm On Nov 21, 2008
Je ne veux comparer tes beautez à la Lune:
La Lune est inconstante, et ton vouloir n'est qu'un:
Encor moins au Soleil; le Soleil est commun,
Commune est sa lumiere, et tu n'est pas commune.
Tu forces par vertu l'envie et la rancune,
Je ne suis, te louant, un flateur importun;
Tu sembles à toymesme, et n'as pourtraict aucun,
Tu es toute ton Dieu, ton astre et ta fortune.
Ceux qui font de leur dame à toy comparaison
Sont ou presompteueux, ou perclus de raison;
D'esprit et de sçavoir de bien loin tu les passes.
Ou bien quelque demon de ton corps s'est vestu,
Ou bien tu es pourtraict de la mesme Vertu,
Ou bien tu es Pallas, our bien l'une des Graces.

Pierre de Ronsard
Re: Je ne veux comparer tes beautez à la Lune by wildbubble(f): 9:48am On Nov 23, 2008
What if i say: PLEASE TRANSLATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Je ne veux comparer tes beautez à la Lune by Nobody: 7:41pm On Nov 23, 2008
il faut traduire. nous ne parlons pas francais ici. tout le monde doit (?doivent?) ecrire en englais!!!
Re: Je ne veux comparer tes beautez à la Lune by Cayon(f): 5:07pm On Dec 08, 2008
mactao:

il faut traduire. nous ne parlons pas francais ici. tout le monde doit (?doivent?) ecrire en englais!!!
Translation: it is necessary to translate. we do not speak french here. everybody should write in english.

Pierre is one of my mom favs. See translation below

Shall I your beauties with the moon compare?
she's faithless, you a single purpose own.
Or to the general sun, who everywhere
goes common with his light? You walk alone
And you are such that envy must despair
of finding in my praise aught to condone,
who have no likeness since there's naught as fair,
yourself your god, your star, Fate's overtone.
Those mad or rash, who make some other woman your rival,
hurt themselves when they would hurt you,
so far your excellence their dearth outpaces.
Either your body shields some noble demon,
or mortal you image immortal virtue;
Or Pallas you or first among the Graces.
Re: Je ne veux comparer tes beautez à la Lune by nex(m): 7:25pm On Aug 15, 2009
Lovely. Only it brings to mind Shakespear's Romeo and Juliet.

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