Awake, awake, lovers | Awake, awake, lovers

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Resvelons nous, resvelons, amoureux

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

 Resvelons nous, resvelons, amoureux:
 Alons au bois tantost cueillir le may,
 Et chanterons chascun un virelay
 Pour sa dame, s'en serons plus joieux.

Tenor e Contra:
 Alons ent bien tos au may.

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), "Resvelons nous, resvelons, amoureux" [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Awake, awake, lovers", 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: 6
Word count: 29

Awake, awake, lovers

Language: English after the French (Français)

Awake, awake, lovers:
Let us go to the woods to reap May
And let us each sing a song
For his lady, so we shall be joyful.

Tenor & Contratenor:
  Let us all go a-Maying.

Text Authorship:

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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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: 6
Word count: 35