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by François Villon (1431 - 1463)

Mort, j'appelle de ta rigueur
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Mort, j'appelle de ta rigueur,
Qui m'as ma maîtresse ravie,
Et n'es pas encore assouvie
Si tu ne me tiens en langueur :

Onc puis n'eus force ni vigueur ;
Mais que te nuisoit-elle en vie,
Mort ?

Deux étions et n'avions qu'un coeur ;
S'il est mort, force est que dévie,
Voire, ou que je vive sans vie
Comme les images, par coeur,
Mort !

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Martin 

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Text Authorship:

  • by François Villon (1431 - 1463), "Rondeau (Mort, j'appelle de ta rigueur)", appears in Le Testament [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 Wim Franken (b. 1922), "Rondeau à la mort", 1969, published 1969 [ tenor and piano ], from Cinq poèmes de François Villon, no. 4, Amsterdam, Donemus [sung text not yet checked]
  • by André Jolivet (1905 - 1974), "Lay ou plutôt rondeau", 1929, published 1991 [ medium voice and orchestra or piano ], from Mélodies sur des poésies anciennes, no. 1, from Quatre mélodies sur des poésies anciennes, no. 2, Éd. Gérard Billaudot [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Frank Martin (1890 - 1974), no title, 1970/71 [ tenor, baritone, bass, 2 electric guitars, and bass guitar ], from Poèmes de la Mort et Ballade des Pendus, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Death, I appeal to your harshness", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 65

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