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by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377)

Comment qu'à moy lonteinne
Language: French (Français) 
Comment qu'à moy lonteinne
Soiez, dame d'onnour,
Si m'estes vous procheinne
Par penser nuit et jour.

Car Souvenir me meinne,
Si qu'adès sans sejour
Vo biauté souvereinne,
Vo gracieus atour,
Vo maniere certainne
Et vo fresche coulour
Qui n'est pale ne veinne,
Vou toudis sans sejour.
Comment qu'à moy.

Dame, de grace pleinne,
Mais vo haute valour,
Vo bonté souvereinne
Et vo fine douçour
En vostre dous demeinne
M'ont si mis que m'amour,
Sans pensée vilainne,
Meint en vous que j'aour,
Comment qu'à moy lonteinne
Soiez, dame d'onnour.

Mais Desirs qui se peinne
D'acroistre mon labour
Tenra mon cuer en peinne
Et de mort en paour,
Se Diex l'eure m'ameinne
Qu'à vous, qui estes flour
De toute flour mondeinne,
Face tost mon retour.
Comment qu'à moy lonteinne
Soiez, dame d'onnour,
Si m'estes vous procheinne
Par penser nuit et jour.

Text Authorship:

  • by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377), "Comment qu'à moy lonteinne", monophonic virelai [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 35
Word count: 139

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