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Belle, vueillés moy vengier De ce rigoreux Dangier Qui veult ma joie deffaire, Et met povoir et affaire A mon plaisir dommagier. Jamaiz ne vous vueil changier Ne sur vous rien chalengier, Fors vostre bon plaisir faire; Belle, [vueillés moy vengier De ce rigoreux Dangier Qui veult ma joie deffaire.] Ne me souffrés ou dangier De ce cruel lozengier, Qui tant est mon adversaire Et tant veult sur moy meffaire Que de mon bien atargier. Belle, [vueillés moy vengier De ce rigoreux Dangier Qui veult ma joie deffaire, Et met povoir et affaire A mon plaisir dommagier.]
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- 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), "Belle, vueillés moy vengier" [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "My fair lady, please avenge me", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Alberto Pedrotti
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 97
My fair lady, please avenge me For this rigorous Pain of Love Which wishes to destroy my happiness And with power and much effort To spoil my pleasure. I never wish you to change Nor to challenge you in anything But to do your good pleasure; My fair lady, please avenge me For this rigorous Pain of Love Which wishes to destroy my happiness. Do not let me suffer too the pain Of this cruel traitor Who is so much my enemy And so much wishes to do me wrong As to prevent my happiness. My fair lady, please avenge me For this rigorous Pain of Love Which wishes to destroy my happiness And with power and much effort To spoil my pleasure.
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- Translation from French (Français) to English copyright © 2012 by David Wyatt, (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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- a text in French (Français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
This text was added to the website: 2012-05-22
Line count: 21
Word count: 123