Your scorn each day causes me a thousand alarms

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Translation © by Grant Hicks

Vos mépris chaque jour me causent mille...

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Vos mépris chaque jour me causent mille alarmes,
Mais je chéris mon sort, bien qu'il soit rigoureux :
Hélas ! si dans mes maux je trouve tant de charmes,
Je mourrois de plaisir si j'estois plus heureux.

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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 Michel Lambert (1610 - 1696), "Vos mépris chaque jour" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Vos mespris chaque jour", op. 47 no. 1 (1994) [ SAB chorus ], from Douze Airs de cour à plusieurs voix, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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Your scorn each day causes me a thousand...

Language: English after the French (Français)

Your scorn each day causes me a thousand alarms,
But I cherish my fate, harsh though it may be:
Alas! if in my pains I find so many charms,
I would die of pleasure if I were any happier.

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Translations of titles:
"Vos mépris chaque jour" = "Your Scorn Each Day"
"Vos mespris chaque jour" = "Your Scorn Each Day"

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This text was added to the website: 2025-09-14
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