If I had just one ray of hope | If I had just one ray of hope

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Translation © by David Wyatt

Se j'eusse en seul peu d'esperanche

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

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Se j'eusse en seul peu d'esperanche
De celle tant que mieux amay
Je fuisse che doulx mois de may
Le plus joyeux homme de franche

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), "Se j'eusse en seul peu d'esperanche" [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "If I had just one ray of hope", 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: 4
Word count: 25

If I had just one ray of hope

Language: English after the French (Français)

Chosen for Diff

If I had just one ray of hope
Of her whom I have loved so well
I'd be, this sweet month of May,
The happiest man in France.

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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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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: 4
Word count: 28