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by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377)

Dame, comment qu'amez de vous ne soie
Language: French (Français) 
 Dame, comment qu'amez de vous ne soie,
 Si n'est il riens qui tant me puist grever,
 Moy ne mon cuer, com ce que je veoie
 Que voissiès autre que moy amer;
 Car riens conforter
 Ne me porroit jamais ne resjoïr,
 S'il avenoit, fors seulement morir.

 Car dous espoir qui me norrit en joie
 Et qui soustient mon cuer en dous penser
 Contre desir qui toudis me guerroie
 Feriés de moy sans cause dessevrer,
 Si qu'einsi durer
 Ne vorroie sans li contre desir,
 S'il avenoit, fors seulement morir.

 Car vraiement, dame, se je perdoie
 L'esperence de merci recouvrer,
 Par autre amer, desesperez seroie,
 Car foibles sui pour tels cops endurer;
 Ne je n'os penser
 Que vous n'Amour me peüssiez garir,
 S'il avenoit, fors seulement morir.

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), "Dame, comment qu'amez de vous ne soie" [vocal duet] [
     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: 21
Word count: 125

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