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by Clément Marot (1496 - 1544)

Avant mes jours mort me faut encourir
Language: French (Français) 
Avant mes jours mort me faut encourir
Par un regard, dont m'as voulu férir,
Et ne te chaut de ma griève tristesse :
Mais n'est-ce pas à toi grande rudesse,
Vu que tu peux si bien me secourir ?

Auprès de l'eau me faut de soif périr.
Je me vois jeune, et en âge fleurir,
Et si me montre être plein de vieillesse
Avant mes jours.

Or, si je meurs, je veux Dieu requérir
Prendre mon âme : et sans plus enquérir,
Je donne aux vers mon corps plein de faiblesse.
Quant est du coeur, du tout je le te laisse,
Ce nonobstant que me fasses mourir
Avant mes jours.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Clément Marot (1496 - 1544), "De L'Amant doloreux", appears in L'adolescence Clémentine, in Rondeaux, no. 11 [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 Jeff Smallman (b. 1965), "Avant mes jours", published 2009 [ soprano and piano ], from Chansons tristes, no. 3, Hensall, Ontario (Canada), Lighthouse Music Publications [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-04-05
Line count: 15
Word count: 107

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