For love of my sweet lady | For love of my sweet lady

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Pour l'amour de ma doulce amye

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Pour l'amour de ma doulce amye
Ce rondelet voudray chanter,
Et de bon cuer luy presenter
Affin qu'elle en soit plus jolye.

Car je l'ay sur toutes choysie
A mon plaisir sans mal penser:
  Pour [l'amour de ma doulce amye
  Ce rondelet voudray chanter.]

Elle est belle, plaisant et lye,
Saige en maintieng et en parler:
Se la veul servir et amer
A mon povoir toute ma vie.

  Pour l'amour [de ma doulce amye
  Ce rondelet voudray chanter,
  Et de bon cuer luy presenter
  Affin qu'elle en soit plus jolye.]

Text 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), "Pour l'amour de ma doulce amye" [
text verified 1 time
]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "For love of my sweet 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.
Line count: 16
Word count: 90

For love of my sweet lady

Language: English after the French (Français)

For love of my sweet lady
I want to sing this song
And gladly present it to her
So that she can be more joyful as a result.

For I have chosen her above all others
For my pleasure, without bad intent:
  For love of my sweet lady
  I want to sing this song.

She is beautiful, pleasing and happy
Wise in her bearing and her talk:
So I want to serve her and love her
The best I can, all my life.

For love of my sweet lady
I want to sing this song
And gladly present it to her
So that she can be more joyful as a result.

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2012 by David Wyatt, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-22
Line count: 16
Word count: 111