by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Je me complains piteusement
 (Sung text for setting by G. Dufay)
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Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
Je me complains piteusement
A moi tout seul plus qu'a nullui,
De la griesté, paine e tourment,
Que je souffre plus que ne di.
Dangier me tient en tel soussi
Qu'eschever ne puis sa rudesse,
Et Fortune le veult aussi,
  Mais, par ma foy, ce fait Jonesse.

Composition:

    Set to music by Guillaume Dufay (c1400 - 1474), "Je me complains piteusement"

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "I complain piteously", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "I complain piteously", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 47