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by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560)

La complainte du désespéré
 (Sung text for setting by K. Miehling)
 See original
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
 Qui prestera la parolle
A la douleur qui m'afolle ?
 Qui donnera les accens
A la plainte qui me guyde ?
Et qui laschera la bride
 A la fureur que je sens ?

 ... 

 Mais qui sera la première ?
Mais qui sera la dernière
 De voz plaintes ? O bons dieux !
La furie qui me domte,
Las, je sens qu'elle surmonte
 Ma voix, ma langue & mes yeux.

Composition:

    Set to music by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "La complainte du désespéré", op. 47 no. 5 (1994), stanzas 1,6 [ SATB chorus ], from Douze Airs de cour à plusieurs voix, no. 5

Text Authorship:

  • by Joachim du Bellay (1525 - c1560), "La complainte du désespéré"

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "The lament of the desperate", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2014-09-16
Line count: 510
Word count: 2327

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