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[Dieu ! qu'il la fait bon]1 regarder ! La gracieuse bonne et belle ; Pour les grans biens que sont en elle Chascun est prest de la loüer. Qui se pourroit d'elle lasser ? Tous jours sa beauté renouvelle. [Dieu ! qu'il la fait bon]1 regarder ! La gracieuse bonne et belle ! Par deçà, ne de là, la mer Ne sçay dame ne damoiselle Qui soît en tous bien parfais telle. C'est ung songe que d'i penser : [Dieu ! qu'il la fait bon]1 regarder !
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Aimé Champollion-Figeac, ed., Les Poésies du Duc Charles d'Orléans, Paris, J. Belin-Leprieur fils, 1842, Page 28.
1 Hignard: "Ah ! qu'il fait bon la"; further changes may exist not shown above.Text Authorship:
- by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), "Chanson VI" [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 Ella Georgiyevna Adayevskaya (1846 - 1926), "Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder", 1887-8, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Trois rondeaux, no. 1, Milan : Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder!", L. 99/(92) no. 1 (1898-1908) [ four-part mixed chorus ], from Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hercule Gilles de Fontenailles (1858 - 1922), "Dieu ! qu'il la fait bon regarder", published 1911 [ voice and piano ], from Quatre chansons de Charles d'Orléans, no. 2, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean-Louis Aristide Hignard (1822 - 1897), "Odelette de Charles d'Orléans", published [1884] [ medium voice and piano ], from Rimes et mélodies, série III, no. 16, Paris, Éditions Louis Gregh et Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mervyn, Lord Horder, the Second Baron of Ashford (1910 - 1998), "Dieu, qu'il la fait bon regarder!" [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincent d'Indy (1851 - 1931), "Madrigal à deux voix pour soprano et violoncelle", op. 94 (1928), published 1929 [ high voice and cello ], Édition 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Raoul Laparra (1876 - 1943), "Dieu, qu'il la fait bon regarder", published 1924 [ high voice and piano ], from Le Missel Chantant, Suite de mélodies sur de vieilles poésies françaises - 1er volume , no. 9, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugène Sauzay (1809 - 1901), "Chanson Ancienne", published 1886 [ voice, violin, cello, and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "God! but she is fair!", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Auditorium du Louvre , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 78
[God!]1 how good to look upon her! The gracious one, good and beautiful; For the great virtues that are hers, All are wont to praise her. Who could become weary of her? Her beauty ever renews itself. [God!]1 how good to look upon her, The gracious one, good and beautiful! Neither here nor across the sea Do I know a lady or maiden Who is so perfect in every virtue. It is a dream to think of her. [God!]1 how good to look upon her!
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View original text (without footnotes)Translations of titles:
"Chanson VI" = "Chanson VI"
"Chanson Ancienne" = "Old Chanson"
"Dieu ! qu'il la fait bon regarder" = "God! How good to look upon her"
"Madrigal à deux voix pour soprano et violoncelle" = "Two-voice nadrigal for soprano and cello"
"Odelette de Charles d'Orléans" = "Odelette of Charles d'Orléans"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2014 by Grant Hicks, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), "Chanson VI"
This text was added to the website: 2025-05-07
Line count: 13
Word count: 85