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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Adieu m'amour, adieu ma joye

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Adieu m'amour, adieu ma joye,
Adieu le solas que j'avoye,
Adieu ma leale mastresse!
Le dire adieu tant fort me blesse,
Qu'il me semble que morir doye.

De desplaisir forment lermoye.
Il n'est reconfort que je voye,
Quant vous esloigne, ma princesse.
  Adieu m'amour, [adieu ma joye,
  Adieu le solas que j'avoye,
  Adieu ma leale mastresse!]

Je prie a Dieu qu'il me convoye,
Et doint que briefment vous revoye,
Mon bien, m'amour et ma deesse!
Car advis m'est, de ce que laisse,
Qu'apres ma paine joye aroye.

  Adieu m'amour, [adieu ma joye,
  Adieu le solas que j'avoye,
  Adieu ma leale mastresse!
  Le dire adieu tant fort me blesse,
  Qu'il me semble que morir doye.]

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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 Guillaume Dufay (c1400 - 1474), "Adieu m'amour, adieu ma joye" [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Farewell my love, farewell my joy", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 114

Farewell my love, farewell my joy

Language: English after the French (Français)

Farewell my love, farewell my joy,
Farewell the comfort which I  confess,
Farewell my loyal mistress!
Saying farewell wounds me so badly
That it seems to me that I must die.

With sorrow I weep greatly
There is no comfort that I can see
When I leave you, my princess.
Farewell my love, farewell my joy,
Farewell the comfort which I  confess,
Farewell my loyal mistress!

I pray to God that he will go with me,
And grant that briefly I may see you again,
My sweet, my love and my goddess!
For it's my view of what I'm leaving
That after my pain I shall have joy.

Farewell my love, farewell my joy,
Farewell the comfort which I  confess,
Farewell my loyal mistress!
Saying farewell wounds me so badly
That it seems to me that I must die.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-22
Line count: 21
Word count: 139