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by Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 - 1586)

Fotheringhay
Language: French (Français) 
Que suis-je hélas?  Et de quoi sert ma vie?
Je ne suis fors qu'un corps privé de coeur,
Une ombre vaine, un objet de malheur
Qui n'a plus rien que de mourir en vie.

Plus ne me portez, O ennemis, d'envie
A qui n'a plus l'esprit à la grandeur.
J'ai consommé d'excessive douleur
Votre ire en bref de voir assouvie.

Et vous, amis, qui m'avez tenue chère,
Souvenez-vous que sans coeur et sans santé
Je ne saurais aucune bonne oeuvre faire.

Souhaitez donc fin de calamité
Et que, ici-bas étant assez punie,
J'aie ma part en la joie infinie.

Text Authorship:

  • by Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 - 1586), "Fotheringhay", first published 1586 [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):

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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Gisbert, Freiherr von Vincke (1813 - 1892) , "Abschied von der Welt", subtitle: "Von Maria Stuart. Französisch.", appears in Rose und Distel, Poesien aus England und Schottland, in Erstes Buch, first published 1853 ; composed by Joachim Raff, Robert Schumann.
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-14
Line count: 14
Word count: 99

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