by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377)
Helas! pour quoy se demente et complaint
Language: French (Français)
Helas! pour quoy se demente et complaint Mon cuer dolent de sa dure dolour? Quant ma dame ne puet oïr son plaint, - Helas! pour quoy se demente et complaint - Ne riens aidier ne li puet, s'il se plaint, Puis qu'Amours n'a de li nulle tenrour. Helas! pour quoy se demente et complaint Mon cuer dolent de sa dure dolour?
Authorship:
- by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377), "Helas! pour quoy se demente et complaint" [vocal duet], rondeau [text verified 1 time]
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