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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.]
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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), "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 text: 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 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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- 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: 16
Word count: 117