I am already weary of love

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by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Je suis desja d'amour tanné

Language: Middle French

Our translations: ENG

Je suis desja d'amour tanné,
Ma tresdoulce Valentinee,
Car pour moy fustes trop tost nee,
Et moy pour vous fus trop tart né.

Dieu lui pardoint qui estrené
M'a de vous pour toute l'annee.
Je suis desja d'amour tanné.

Bien m'estoye suspeçonné,
Qu'aroye telle destinee,
Ains que passast ceste journee,
Combien qu'Amours l'eust ordonné.
Je suis desja d'amour tanné.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Pierre Champion, ed., Charles d'Orléans, Poésies II: Rondeaux, Paris: Librairie ancienne Honoré Champion, 1924, page 294.

Text Authorship:

by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), "Rondel 52 (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 Micah John Walter (b. 1993), "Farewell to love", 2012, published 2012 [ low voice and piano ], from Kerkhofblommen, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-07-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 59

I am already weary of love

Language: English after the Middle French

I am already weary of love, 
My sweetest Valentine,
For you were born too soon for me, 
And I was born too late for you. 

May God forgive him who has kept
Me away from you for the whole year,
I am already weary of love.

I might well have suspected
That I would have such a destiny, 
Before that day was over,
However much Love had ordained it. 
I am already weary of love.

About the headline (FAQ)

Translations of titles:
"Farewell to love" = "Farewell to love"
"Rondel 52 (VI)" = "Rondeau 52 (VI)"

Text Authorship:

Translation from Middle French to English copyright © 2026 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 Middle French by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), "Rondel 52 (VI)"
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This text was added to the website: 2026-07-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 75