Open and noble heart, lady gracious above all others | Open and noble heart, lady gracious above all others

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Franc cuer gentil, sur toutes gracieuse

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Franc cuer gentil, sur toutes gracieuse,
Riche d'honneur et de tous biens garnie,
A vous me rens, a vous du tout me lye,
N'autre ne quier jamais pour amoureuse.

Car vous estés ma pensee joyeuse,
Haultain secours en qui du tout me fye,
  Franc cuer [gentil, sur toutes gracieuse,
  Riche d'honneur et de tous biens garnie.]

Or vueillez donc vers moy estre piteuse,
Je qui vous ay sur toute autre choisye,
Soyez la mire a ma grant maladie
Et ne souffrez ma vie estre ennuieuse.

  Franc cuer [gentil, sur toutes gracieuse,
  Riche d'honneur et de tous biens garnie,
  A vous me rens, a vous du tout me lye,
  N'autre ne quier jamais pour amoureuse.]

Note: The first letters of the verses spell out the name Franchoise.

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), "Franc cuer gentil, sur toutes gracieuse" [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Open and noble heart, lady gracious above all others", 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: 16
Word count: 114

Open and noble heart, lady gracious above all others

Language: English after the French (Français)

Open and noble heart, lady gracious above all others,
Rich in honour and embellished with all good things,
I give myself to you, I bind myself to you in every way
Never to seek another as lover.

For you are my happy thoughts,
The high and haughty help in which I trust entirely,
  Open and noble heart, lady gracious above all others,
  Rich in honour and embellished with all good things.

Now please take pity on me
I who have chosen you above all other ladies
Be the amendment of my great malady
And do not allow me to be in torment.

Open and noble heart, lady gracious above all others,
Rich in honour and embellished with all good things,
I give myself to you, I bind myself to you in every way
Never to seek another as lover.

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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: 16
Word count: 139