by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377)
Helas! pour quoy se demente et complaint
Language: French (Français)
Helas! pour quoy se demente et complaint Mon cuer dolent de sa dure dolour? Quant ma dame ne puet oïr son plaint, - Helas! pour quoy se demente et complaint - Ne riens aidier ne li puet, s'il se plaint, Puis qu'Amours n'a de li nulle tenrour. Helas! pour quoy se demente et complaint Mon cuer dolent de sa dure dolour?
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), "Helas! pour quoy se demente et complaint" [vocal duet], rondeau [text verified 1 time]
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