Ballate

by François Villon, Jean Moebius Giroud (Illustrator), Roberto Mussapi (Translator)

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Genres: Poetry, Comics

107 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

François Villon (in modern French, pronounced [fʁɑ̃swa vijɔ̃]; in fifteenth-century French, [frɑnswɛ viˈlɔn]) (c. 1431 – after 5 January 1463) was a French poet, thief, and vagabond. He is perhaps best known for his Testaments and his Ballade des Pendus, written while in prison. The question "Mais où sont les neiges d'antan?", taken from the "Ballade des dames du temps jadis" and translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti as "Where are the snows of yesteryear?", is one of the most famous lines of translated secular poetry in the English-speaking world.

Reviews

[Socrate · Rating 4 out of 5]

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Nu-i ca flămândul om voios, Nici ajutor ca duşmănitul, Nu-i prânz ca fânul de gustos, Nici paznic bun ca adormitul, Nu-i om milos ca necinstitul, Nici sprijin ca de la-ngrozit, Nu-i mai smerit ca afurisitul, Nici minte ca la-ndrăgostit.
Nu-s naşteri multe ca în baie, Nu-i mai fălos ca surghiunitul, Nu-s râsete ca la bătaie, Nici laudă ca neplătitul, Nu-i dragoste ca linguşitul, Noroc cât la nenorocit, Nu-i adevăr cum e scornitul, Nici minte ca la-ndrăgostit.
Nu-i mai tihnit ca sărăcitul, Nici cinste ca-n obrazul gros, Nu-i laudă ca măsluitul, Nici ca puhavul sănătos, Nu-i cutezanţă ca-n fricos, Nici sfat bun ca de la ţicnit, Nu-i ca năuca om duios, Nici minte ca la-ndrăgostit.
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În boală joaca te îmbie, Litera-i viaţa cea mai vie, Laş e doar cine a-ndrăznit, Oroare nu-i ca-n melodie, Nici minte ca la-ndrăgostit.