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by Beatriz (?) de Dia, Contessa (flourished late 12th century)
Translation © by Meg Bogen

A chantar
Language: Occitan 
A chantar m'er de co qu'eu no volria,
Tant me rancur de  lui cui sui amia
Car eu l'am mais que nulha ren que sia:
Vas lui no-m val Merces ni Cortezia
Ni ma beltatz ni mos pretz ni mos sens:      

Qu'atressi-m sui enganad' e trahia
Com degr' esser, s'eu fos desavinens.     

D'aissò-m conòrt, car anc non fi falhensa,
Amics, vas vos per nulha captenensa;
Ans vos am mais non fetz Seguìs Valensa,

E platz mi mout que eu d'amar vos vensa;
Lo meus amics, car ètz lo plus valens;
Mi faitz orgòlh en ditz et en parvensa
E si ètz francs vas totas autras gens.     

Meravelh me com vòstre còrs s'orgòlha,
Amics, vas me, per qu'ai razon que-m dòlha;
Non es ges dreitz qu'autr'amors vos mi tòlha,
Per nulha ren que-us diga ni acòlha.
E membre vos quals fo-l comensamens
De nòstr'amor! Ja Dòmnedeus non vòlha,      
Qu'en ma colpa sia-l departimens.
    
Proeza grans, qu'el vòstre còrs s'aizina
E lo rics prètz qu'avètz m'en ataïma;
Qu'una non sai, lonhdana ni vezina,
Si vòl amar, vas vos no si' aclina;      

Mas vos, amics, ètz ben tant conoissens
Que ben devètz conòisser la plus fina:
E membre vos de nòstre covinens.     

Valer mi deu mos prètz e mos paratges
E ma beutatz, e plus mos fins coratges;

Per qu'eu vos man, lai on es vòstr'estatges,
Esta chanson, que me sia messatges,
E vòlh saber, lo meus bèls amics gens,
Per que vos m'ètz tant fèrs ni tant salvatges;
No sai si s'es orgòlhs o mals talents.     

Mas aitan plus vòlh li digas, messatges
Qu'en tròp d'orgòlh an gran dan maintas gens.

Text Authorship:

  • by Beatriz (?) de Dia, Contessa (flourished late 12th century) [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 Beatriz (?) de Dia, Contessa (flourished late 12th century), "A chantar" [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Meg Bogen , copyright © 1978 by Meg Bogen ; composed by David Evan Thomas.
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Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-09
Line count: 37
Word count: 269

Of things I'd rather keep in silence I must sing
Language: English  after the Occitan 
Of things I'd rather keep in silence I must sing
 [ ... ]

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Text Authorship:

  • by Meg Bogen , copyright © 1978 by Meg Bogen [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Occitan by Beatriz (?) de Dia, Contessa (flourished late 12th century)
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by David Evan Thomas (b. 1958), "Of things I'd rather keep in silence I must sing", 1998 [ soprano, violin, English horn ], from Songs of the Trobairitz, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

This text was added to the website: 2011-06-19
Line count: 23
Word count: 180

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