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by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465)

Les dangers de l'amours courtois
 (Sung text for setting by A. Schneider)
 Matches base text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Je me metz en vostre mercy,
Très belle, bonne, jeune et gente;
On m'a dit qu'estes mal contente
De moy, ne sçay s'il est ainsy.

De toute nuit je n'ay dormy,
Ne pensez pas que je vous mente!
Je me metz en vostre mercy,
Très belle, bonne, jeune et gente.

Pour ce, très humblement vous pry
Que vous me dittes vostres entente:
Car d'une chose je me vente
Qu'en loyauté n'ay point failly:
Je me metz en vostre mercy.

Composition:

    Set to music by Andrew Schneider (b. 1991), "Les dangers de l'amours courtois", op. 3 no. 2 (2012), copyright © 2012, first performed 2012 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), "Chanson LXVII"

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

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 79

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