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Ma belle dame souverainne, Faites cesser ma grief dolour Que j'endure pour vostre amour Nuit et jour, dont j'ay tres grant painne. Ou autrement, soiés certainne, Je finneray dedens brief jour. Ma belle [dame souverainne, Faites cesser ma grief dolour.] Il n'i a jour en la sepmainne Que je ne soye en grant tristour; Se me veulliés par vo doulcour Secourir, de volonté plaine. Ma belle [dame souverainne, Faites cesser ma grief dolour Que j'endure pour vostre amour Nuit et jour, dont j'ay tres grant painne.]
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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), "Ma belle dame souverainne" [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "My beautiful sovereign lady", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Alberto Pedrotti
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Line count: 16
Word count: 86
My beautiful sovereign lady, Make my deep grief stop Which I am enduring for your love Night and day, and which gives me very great pain. Or else, be certain, I will die in only a few days. My beautiful sovereign lady, Make my deep grief stop. There is not one day in the week When I am not in great sadness; So please be willing, in your sweetness, To help me, wholeheartedly. My beautiful sovereign lady, Make my deep grief stop Which I am enduring for your love Night and day, and which gives me very great pain.
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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: 99