Note 285 — Chapter I · POLITICAL INFLUENCE
George Herbert Ely translation
Clément Marot writes:
Adieu le bal, adieu la dance!; Adieu mesure, adieu cadence, Tanbourins, aulboys, violons, Puisqu’à la guerre nous allons ... Adieu les regards gracieux, Messagers des cœurs soucieux; Adieu les profondes pensées, Satisfaictes ou offensées; Adieu les armonieux sons De rondeaulx, dixains et chansons ... Adieu la lettre, adieu le page! (To the court ladies.)
[Farewell to dance, farewell to ball, And cadenced measures, farewell all! Fiddles, hautboys, tambourines, For we go to warlike scenes. Sweet looks from ladies’ eyes, that tell How much they love us, fare ye well! Farewell to meditation deep, That gives us joy or mars our sleep; Farewell to all harmonious strains Of ballads, rondeaux, and dizains; Letters and pages, all farewell!]