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by Louise Labé (1526 - 1566)

Lut, compagnon de ma calamité
 (Sung text for setting by A. Reimann)
 Matches original text
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Lut, compagnon de ma calamité.
 De mes soupirs témoin irréprochable.
 De mes ennuis controlleur veritable.
 Tu as souuent auec moy lamenté :

Et tant le pleur piteus t'a molesté,
 Que commençant quelque son delectable,
 Tu le rendois tout soudein lamentable,
 Feignant le ton que plein auoit chanté.

Et si te veus efforcer au contraire.
 Tu te destens & si me contreins taire :
 Mais me voyant tendrement soupirer,

Donnant faueur à ma tant triste pleinte :
 En mes ennuis me plaire suis contreinte.
 Et d'un dous mal douce fin esperer.

Composition:

    Set to music by Aribert Reimann (b. 1936), "Lut, compagnon de ma calamité", op. 10 no. 5 (1986), published 1988 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Neun Sonette der Louize Labé, no. 5, Mainz, B. Schott's Söhne; confirmed with a CD booklet

Text Authorship:

  • by Louise Labé (1526 - 1566), no title, written 1552, appears in Sonnets, no. 12, first published 1555

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

  • ENG English (Peter Low) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-11-26
Line count: 14
Word count: 87

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