Too long have I been in despair | Too long have I been in Fortune's

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Trop long temps ai esté en desplaisir

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

 Trop long temps ai esté en desplaisir
 Par Fortune, qui m'a volu servir
 De ses biaux tours, qu'elle scet bien desduire,
 Quant elle vuelt aucun aydier ou nuire
 Par faire que'l dirme ait son playsir.

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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), "Trop long temps ai esté en desplaisir" [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Too long have I been in despair", 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: 36

Too long have I been in despair

Language: English after the French (Français)

Too long have I been in Fortune's
Bad books, who used to want to serve me
With her fine days, which she well knows how to take back
When she wants to help another or harm them¹
By doing whatever her pleasure advises.

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¹ Or 'harm me'

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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: 44