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by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465)

Ce May qu'Amours pas ne sommeille
Language: French (Français) 
Ce May qu'Amours pas ne sommeille, 
Mais fait amants esliessier;
De riens ne me dois soucier, 
Car pas n'ay la puce à l'oreille.

Ce n'est mie donc que merveille, 
Se je vueil joye demener :
Ce May qu'Amours pas ne sommeille,
Mais fait amants esliessier.

Quant je me dors point ne m'esveille 
Pour ce que n'ay à quoy penser ; 
Cy ay vouloir de demourer 
En ceste vie nompareille.
Ce May qu'Amours pas ne sommeille. 

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Poésies de Charles d'Orléans, Père de Louis XII et Oncle de François Ier, Rois de France, Paris, chez B. Warée, 1809, page 43. This edition has the following notes:,br> Stanza 1, line 2, word 4: "Réjouir"
Stanza 2, line 1, word 3: "Point, pas
Stanza 2, line 2, word 5: "Démontrer"

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), "Livre II" [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 Raoul Laparra (1876 - 1943), "Ce Mai, qu'Amour pas ne sommeille", published 1924 [ high voice and piano ], from Le Missel Chantant, Suite de mélodies sur de vieilles poésies françaises - 2ème volume, no. 5, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-04-25
Line count: 13
Word count: 73

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