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Dueil angoisseus, rage desmesurée, Grief desespoir, plein de forsennement, Langour sansz fin et vie maleürée Pleine de plour, d'angoisse et de tourment, Cuer doloreux qui vit obscurement, Tenebreux corps sur le point de partir Ay, sanz cesser, continuellement; Et si ne puis ne garir ne morir. Fierté, durté de joye separée, Triste penser, parfont gemissement, Angoisse grant en las cuer enserrée, Courroux amer porté couvertement Morne maintien sanz resjoïssement, Espoir dolent qui tous biens fait tarir, Si sont en moy , sanz partir nullement; Et si ne puis ne garir ne morir. Soussi, anuy qui tous jours a durée, Aspre veillier, tressaillir en dorment, Labour en vain, à chiere alangourée En grief travail infortunéement, Et tout le mal, qu'on puet entierement Dire et penser sanz espoir de garir, Me tourmentent desmesuréement; Et si ne puis ne garir ne morir. Princes, priez à Dieu qui bien briefment Me doint la mort, s'autrement secourir Ne veult le mal ou languis durement; Et si ne puis ne garir ne morir.
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Text Authorship:
- by Christine de Pizan (1363 - c1434) [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 Gilles de Bins, dit Binchois (c1400 - 1460), "Deuil angoisseus" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Chantal Grimm (b. 1943), "Deuil angoissé" [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Anguished grief", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: David Wyatt
This text was added to the website: 2012-06-06
Line count: 28
Word count: 167
Anguished grief, fury beyond measure, Grievous despair, full of frenzy, Pining without end and a life made of misfortune, Full of tears, anguish and torment, A sad heart which lives in darkness, A ghost-like body at the verge of death, All this, without ceasing, continually And from these I can neither be healed nor die. Pride, the harshness of being separated from joy, Sad thoughts, deep sighing, Great anguish locked up in my weary heart, Bitter anger borne secretly, A mournful bearing without happiness, Tearful hope which dries up all my good, These are in me, never leaving And from these I can neither be healed nor die. Pain, irritation which has gone on for ever, Bitter to be awake, shuddering in sleep, Empty tasks, their importance enfeebled In sad work, unhappily, And every ill that anyone could ever Say or think, without hope of a cure, These torment me out of measure -- And from these I can neither be healed nor die. Princes, pray to God that he would very soon Grant me death, if he is unwilling in any other way To help with the ills in which I am painfully wasting away And from these I can neither be healed nor die.
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Based on:
- a text in Middle French by Christine de Pizan (1363 - c1434)
This text was added to the website: 2012-06-06
Line count: 28
Word count: 205