by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Ma belle dame souverainne
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ma belle dame souverainne, Faites cesser ma grief dolour Que j'endure pour vostre amour Nuit et jour, dont j'ay tres grant painne. Ou autrement, soiés certainne, Je finneray dedens brief jour. Ma belle [dame souverainne, Faites cesser ma grief dolour.] Il n'i a jour en la sepmainne Que je ne soye en grant tristour; Se me veulliés par vo doulcour Secourir, de volonté plaine. Ma belle [dame souverainne, Faites cesser ma grief dolour Que j'endure pour vostre amour Nuit et jour, dont j'ay tres grant painne.]
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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 Dufay (c1400 - 1474), "Ma belle dame souverainne" [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "My beautiful sovereign lady", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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