Burning with heat and still freezing | Burning with heat and still freezing

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Bruller de chaut et tousjours se glacer

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Bruller de chaut et tousjours se glacer,
Mourir cent fois et ne perdre la vie,
Desirer tout, n’avoir rien envie,
Estraindre tout et ne rien ébrasler :

Ne craindre rien, en peur le jour passer,
Estre en bon point, grevé de maladie,
Estre joyeux, remply de frenaisie,
[            ], a toute heure chasser :

Mourir de soif estant dans la fontaine,
En liberté se voir tousjours en peine,
Endurer fain, n’avoir faute de rien :

En desespoir avoir bonne esperance,
Et s’asseurer n’ayant point d’asseurance,
C’est de l’Amour le plus asseuré bien.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Jean de Maletty (flourished 16th century), "Bruller de chaut et tousjours se glacer" [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Burning with heat and still freezing", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2017-02-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 89

Burning with heat and still freezing

Language: English after the French (Français)

Burning with heat and still freezing,
Dying a hundred times yet not losing my life,
Wanting everything but eager for nothing,
Embracing everything and letting nothing go;

Afraid of nothing but spending the day in fear,
Being in good health but burdened with illness,
Being happy but filled with frenzy,
[                  ], rushing at all times;

Dying of thirst while at the spring,
At liberty but seeming always in trouble,
Enduring hunger but lacking nothing;

In despair having good hope,
And being certain with no certainty –
This is Love’s most certain benefit.

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2017-02-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 93