by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465)
Translation Singable translation by Gertrude Maud Norman (1881 - 1981)
Dedens mon Livre de Pensee
Language: French (Français)
Dedens mon Livre de Pensee, J'ay trouvé escripvant mon cueur La vraye histoire de douleur, De larmes toute enluminee, En deffassant la tresamee Ymage de plaisant doulceur, Dedens mon Livre de Pensee. Helas ! ou l'a mon cueur trouvee ? Lez grossez gouttez de sueur Lui saillent, de peinne et labeur Qu'il y prent, et nuit et journee, Dedens mon livre de Pensee.
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Modernized version:Dedans mon Livre de Pensée, J'ai trouvé écrivant mon cœur La vraie histoire de douleur, De larmes toute enluminée, En effaçant la très aimée Image de plaisant douceur, Dedans mon Livre de Pensée ! Hélas ! où l'a mon cœur trouvée ? Les grosses gouttes de sueur Lui saillent, de peine et labeur Qu'il y prend, de nuit et journée, Dedans mon Livre de Pensée !
Authorship:
- by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), title 1: "Rondel XXXIII", title 2: "Rondeau LXVI" [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 Michel Bosc (b. 1963), "Dedans mon livre de pensée", op. 252 (2009) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roger-Thomas Calmel (1921 - 1998), "Dedans mon livre de pensé" [ voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes de Charles d'Orléans, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Colas , "Dedans mon livre de pensée", published 1927 [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons et rondeaux choisis de Charles d'Orléans 1er cahier, no. 1, Paris, Édition B. Roudanez [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacqueline Fontyn (b. 1930), "Dedans mon livre de pensée", 1956 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Deux Rondels de Charles d'Orléans, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "La vraie histoire de douleur", 1966, first performed 1987 [ SSSAAA chorus a cappella ], from Sept Rondeaux nach französischen Gedichten von Charles d'Orléans, no. 1, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Raoul Laparra (1876 - 1943), "Dedans mon livre de pensée", published 1924 [ high voice and piano ], from Le Missel Chantant, Suite de mélodies sur de vieilles poésies françaises - 3ème volume, no. 7, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Gertrude Maud Norman (1881 - 1981) ; composed by Carlos Salzedo.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2012-03-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 63
Within my Book of Memory
Language: English  after the French (Français)
Within my book of Memory, My heart found written there The hist'ry of its great despair, Illumined was it tearfully. Yet in effacing the most fair Image of my love, with care, Within my book of Memory, My heart was still writ there. Alas! my heart she ne'er will see? Yet day and night incessantly, My heart is crushed by misery, Great drops fall on it ceaselessly, Within my book of Memory.
Authorship:
- Singable translation by Gertrude Maud Norman (1881 - 1981) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), title 1: "Rondel XXXIII", title 2: "Rondeau LXVI"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carlos Salzedo (1885 - 1961), "Within my Book of Memory", published 1918 [ men's chorus and piano or harp or organ ], from Four choruses in old sonata form, no. 3, London: Novello [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-10-28
Line count: 13
Word count: 72