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by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465)

Belle, se c'est vostre plaisir
Language: French (Français) 
Belle, se c'est vostre plaisir
De me vouloir tant enrichir
De reconfort et de liesse,
Je vous requier, comme maistresse,
Ne me laissiez dutout mourir;
Car je n'ay vouloir, ne desir,
Fors de vous loyaument servir,
Sans espargnier dueil, ne tristesse.
Belle, etc.
De me, etc.
De reconfort, etc.

Et s'il vous plaist à l'accomplir,
Vueilliez tant seulement bannir
D'avec vostre doulce jeunesse,
Dolent refus qui trop me blesse,
Dont bien vous me povez guerir,
Belle, etc.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Poésies de Charles d'Orléans, publiées avec l'autorisation de M. le Ministre de l'Instruction Publique. D'après les manuscrits des bibliothèques du Roi et de l'Arsenal. Par J. Marie Guichard, 1842.


Text Authorship:

  • by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), "Chanson XIV" [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 A. Delacroix , "Belle, si c'est votre plaisir", published [1919] [ high voice and piano ], from Mélodies, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Durdilly, Ch. Hayet, successeur [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Gertrude Maud Norman (1881 - 1981) ; composed by Carlos Salzedo.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-03-29
Line count: 17
Word count: 77

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