by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Ce jour de l'an voudray joye mener
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ce jour de l'an voudray joye mener, Chanter, danser, et mener chiere lie, Pour maintenir la coutume jolye Que tous amants sont tenus de garder. Et pour certain tant me voudray poier Que je puisse choisir nouvelle amie - Ce jour [de l'an voudray joye mener, Chanter, danser, et mener chiere lie] - A laquelle je puisse presenter Cuer, corps et biens, sans faire despartie. He, dieus d'amours, syés de ma partie, Que Fortune si ne me puist grever. Ce jour de l'an voudray joye mener, [Chanter, danser, et mener chiere lie, Pour maintenir la coutume jolye Que tous amants sont tenus de garder.]
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), "Ce jour de l'an voudray joye mener" [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "This New Year's Day I'd like to be joyful", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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