by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465)
Je me metz en vostre mercy
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Je me metz en vostre mercy, Très belle, bonne, jeune et gente; On m'a dit qu'estes mal contente De moy, ne sçay s'il est ainsy. De toute nuit je n'ay dormy, Ne pensez pas que je vous mente! Je me metz en vostre mercy, Très belle, bonne, jeune et gente. Pour ce, très humblement vous pry Que vous me dittes vostres entente: Car d'une chose je me vente Qu'en loyauté n'ay point failly: Je me metz en vostre mercy.
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Text Authorship:
- by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), "Chanson LXVII" [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 Hercule Gilles de Fontenailles (1858 - 1922), "Je me mets en votre merci", published 1911 [ voice and piano ], from Quatre chansons de Charles d'Orléans, no. 3, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle & Cie [sung text not yet checked]
- by Reynaldo Hahn (1874 - 1947), "Je me metz en vostre mercy", published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], from Douze rondels, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Heugel [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Andrew Schneider (b. 1991), "Les dangers de l'amours courtois", op. 3 no. 2 (2012), copyright © 2012, first performed 2012 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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