Paul Scarron - Epitaph

Epitaph

Scarron wrote his own epitaph, which makes reference to the terrible physical pain he suffered during the last years of his life:

Celui qui cy maintenant dort

Fit plus de pitié que d'envie,

Et souffrit mille fois la mort

Avant que de perdre la vie.

Passant, ne fais ici de bruit

Garde bien que tu ne l'éveilles :

Car voici la première nuit

Que le pauvre Scarron sommeille.

"He who sleeps here now

Deserved more pity than envy,

And suffered death a thousand times

Before losing his life.

As you pass, do not make noise here

Be careful not to wake him

Because this is the first night

That poor Scarron slumbers."