by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Se ma dame je puis veir
Language: French (Français)
Our translations: ENG
Se ma dame je puis veir Le primier jour de ceste annee, D'un bon jour sera estrinee Pour vraye amour entretenir. Cuer, corps et biens luy vueil offrir Sans quelque vilaine pensee, Se [ma dame je puis veir Le primier jour de ceste annee.] Et se je ne la puis choisir, Qu'elle soit trop fort enseree, Je l'aray bien pour escusee, Mais g'y pouray bien pourveir. Se ma dame [je puis veir Le primier jour de ceste annee, D'un bon jour sera estrinee Pour vraye amour entretenir.]
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 Guillaume Dufay (c1400 - 1474), "Se ma dame je puis veir" [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "If I might see my Lady", 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.
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