by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377)

Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ma fin est mon commencement
Et mon commencement ma fin

Est teneüre vraiement
  Ma fin est mon commencement.

Mes tiers chans trois fois seulement
Se retrograde et einsi fin.
  Ma fin est mon commencement
  Et mon commencement ma fin.

Composition:

    Set to music by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377), "Ma fin est mon commencement" [ vocal trio ], rondeau

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "My end is my beginning", copyright © 2015, (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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Word count: 39