I will wait as long as you wish | I will wait as long as you wish

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

J'atendray tant qu'il vous playra

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

J'atendray tant qu'il vous playra
A vous declarer ma pensee,
Ma tres chiere dame honouree,
Je ne say s'il m'en desplayra.

Mais toutes fois, pour complaire a
Vostre personne desiree,
  J'atendray [tant qu'il vous playra
  A vous declarer ma pensee.]

Car j'ay espour, quant avendra
Qu'a ce vous serés acordee,
Que ma dolour sera cesee,
Je le vous ay dit long temps a.

  J'atendray [tant qu'il vous playra
  A vous declarer ma pensee,
  Ma tres chiere dame honouree,
  Je ne say s'il m'en desplayra.]

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), "J'atendray tant qu'il vous playra" [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "I will wait as long as you wish", 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: 84

I will wait as long as you wish

Language: English after the French (Français)

I will wait as long as you wish
To tell you what is in my thoughts,
My very dear and honoured lady,
I don't know if it will make you displeased with me.

But in any case, to please
Your desirable self,
  I will wait as long as you wish
  To tell you what is in my thoughts.

For I have hopes that, when it happens,
You will be happy with it
So that my grief will cease --
I told you this long ago.

I will wait as long as you wish
To tell you what is in my thoughts,
My very dear and honoured lady,
I don't know if it will make you displeased with me.

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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: 117