by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation © by David Wyatt

Je me complains piteusement
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
Je me complains piteusement
A moi tout seul plus qu'a nullui,
De la griesté, paine e tourment,
Que je souffre plus que ne di.
Dangier me tient en tel soussi
Qu'eschever ne puis sa rudesse,
Et Fortune le veult aussi,
  Mais, par ma foy, ce fait Jonesse.

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  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "I complain piteously", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "I complain piteously", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 47

I complain piteously
Language: English  after the French (Français) 
I complain piteously
To myself alone more than to anyone else
Of the grief, pain and torment
I suffer more than I can say.
The Pain of Love keeps me so worried
That I cannot escape its brutality
And Fortune wishes it so too
   But by my faith, this is what Youth does!

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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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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-22
Line count: 8
Word count: 53