by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377)
Quant je sui mis au retour
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Quant je sui mis [au]1 retour De veoir ma dame, Il n'est peine ne dolour Que j'aie, par m'ame. [ Diex! c'est drois que je l'aim, sans blame, de loial amour. ]2 Sa biauté, sa grant douçour D'amoureuse flame, Par souvenir, nuit et jour M'esprent et enflame. [ Diex! c'est drois que je l'aim, sans blame, de loial amour. ]2 Et quant sa haute valour Mon fin cuer entame, Servir la [vueil]3 sans folour Penser ne diffame. [Diex!]4 C'est drois que je l'aim, sans blame, de loial amour.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Cardy: "en"
2 not set by Cardy.
3 Cardy: "weil"
4 Cardy: "Dieus"
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 Patrick Cardy (1953 - 2005), "Quant je sui mis", first performed 1990. [voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
- by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377), "Quant je sui mis au retour" [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Patrick Cardy) , title 1: "When I return", copyright © 1990, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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