by Thibaut Ier de Navarre (1201 - 1253)
Translation by François-Auguste Paradis de Moncrif (1687 - 1770)
Chanson de Thibaut See original
Language: French (Français) after the Old French (Ancien français)
Our translations: ENG
Las ! si j'avois pouvoir d'oublier Sa beauté, sa beauté, son bien dire, Et son très-doux, très-doux regarder, Finirois mon martyre : Mais las ! mon cœur je n'en puis ôter, Et grand affolage à moi d'espérer : Mais tel servage Donne courage A tout endurer. Et puis, comment, comment oublier Sa beauté, sa beauté, son bien dire, Et son très-doux, très-doux regarder ? Mieux aime mon martyre.
Note: Reber uses modernized spellings in lines 1 ("j'avais") and 4 ("Finirais").
Composition:
- Set to music by Napoléon-Henri Reber (1807 - 1880), "Chanson de Thibaut" [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by François-Auguste Paradis de Moncrif (1687 - 1770), "Chanson" [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in Old French (Ancien français) by Thibaut Ier de Navarre (1201 - 1253)
See other settings of this text.
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2014-07-10
Line count: 14
Word count: 63