Farewell my happiness in love | Farewell my happiness in love

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Adieu mon amoureuse joye

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Adieu mon amoureuse joye
Et mon plus plaisant souvenir,
Adieu l'eslite et la mon joye
De mon plus heureux advenir.
Je ne scau mais que devenir,
Puisque j'eslonge vo beaulté,
  Madame par ma leaulté.

Car c'est tout le bien que j'avoye
Et l'outrepasse de mon desir,
Ne je n'ai espoir que ja voye
Dame qui me puist esjoir
Si non vous, a qui obeir
Vueil de parfaite volenté
  Madame par ma leaulté.

Penser dont a la douleur moye,
Belle se c'est vostre plaisir,
Et gardez le coer que j'avoye
Dont amours me fait deschachier
Pour vous donner dont le choisir
Eulx vostre gratieuseté
  Madame par ma leaulté.

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 Gilles de Bins, dit Binchois (c1400 - 1460), "Adieu mon amoureuse joye" [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Farewell my happiness in love", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2012-06-06
Line count: 21
Word count: 107

Farewell my happiness in love

Language: English after the French (Français)

Farewell my happiness in love
And my most pleasing memory
Farewell oh finest one and the joy
Of my more fortunate future.
I don't know any more what may happen
Since I separate myself from your beauty,
  Madam, through my loyalty.

For that is all the good I may have
And it exceeds my desire
Nor do I have hope that I may see
A lady who can make me happy
Except you, whom I wish to obey
In perfect willingness,
  Madam, through my loyalty.

Think then upon my sadness,
My lady if that is your pleasure,
And keep this heart which I pledge to you
Which love makes me pursue
To give to you that which
Your graciousness chooses to give it,
  Madam, through my loyalty.

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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: 2012-06-06
Line count: 21
Word count: 127