If I might see my Lady | If I might see my Lady

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Se ma dame je puis veir

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Se ma dame je puis veir
Le primier jour de ceste annee,
D'un bon jour sera estrinee
Pour vraye amour entretenir.

Cuer, corps et biens luy vueil offrir
Sans quelque vilaine pensee,
  Se [ma dame je puis veir
  Le primier jour de ceste annee.]

Et se je ne la puis choisir,
Qu'elle soit trop fort enseree,
Je l'aray bien pour escusee,
Mais g'y pouray bien pourveir.

  Se ma dame [je puis veir
  Le primier jour de ceste annee,
  D'un bon jour sera estrinee
  Pour vraye amour entretenir.]

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), "Se ma dame je puis veir" [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "If I might see my Lady", 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: 87

If I might see my Lady

Language: English after the French (Français)

If I might see my Lady
On the first day of this year,
She will be gifted with a good day
In which to nurture true love.

Heart, body and goods I wish to offer her
Without a single wicked thought
  If I might see my Lady
  On the first day of this year.

And if I cannot make my suit to her
Because she is too closely guarded
I will consider it as a good excuse for her
But I'll still be able to provide against it!

If I might see my Lady
On the first day of this year,
She will be gifted with a good day
In which to nurture true love.

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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: 115