Antonio Gardano
(1509 - 1569)

Gardano : En contemplant de nature l'ouvrage : illustration

En contemplant de nature l'ouvrage
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Publ. Paris, 1549.
Lyrics: Anon

En contemplant de nature l'ouvrage
Dans ce miroir, si penses être belle,
Dame soyez de corps et âme telle,
Ne faisant point à votre face outrage.
Mais si voyez que n'avez beau visage,
Et que vous ait quelque tort fait nature,
En bonnes moeurs soyez discr&egeave;te et sage,
Récompensant par vertu cette injure.

Lady; if, when considering nature's handiwork
in this mirror, you think yourself beautiful,
be so in body and soul,
without deprecating your looks.
But if you perceive yourself as physically
unattractive, in someway wronged by Nature,
be of good morals, discreet and wise,
righting this wrong by virtue.