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by Le Rousselet (flourished 15th century)

Malheureux cueur, que vieulx tu faire?
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Malheureux cueur, que vieulx tu faire?
Vieulx tu tant a une complaire
Que ung seul jour je n'aye repos?
Penser ne puis a  quel propos
Tu me fais tant de paine traire.

Nous n'avons ne joye ne bien,
Ne toy ne moy, te le sces bien,
Tous jours languissons en destresse;

Ta leaulté ne nous vault rien,
Et qui pis est, seur je me tien
Qu'il n'en chaut a nostre maistresse.

Combien qu'aies volu perfaire,
Tes plaisirs craignant luy desplaire,
Accroissant son bon bruit et los;
Mal t'en est prins, pour ce, tes los,
Que brief pense de te desfaire.

Malheureux cueur, [que vieulx tu faire?
Vieulx tu tant a une complaire
Que ung seul jour je n'aye repos?
Penser ne puis a  quel propos
Tu me fais tant de paine traire.]

Text Authorship:

  • by Le Rousselet (flourished 15th century) [author's text not yet checked 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 Dufay (c1400 - 1474), "Malheureux cueur, que vieulx tu faire?" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Unhappy heart, what do you want?", 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.
Line count: 21
Word count: 132

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