Sad pleasure | Sad pleasure and grievous joy

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by Alain Chartier (c1385 - 1430)

Translation © by David Wyatt

Triste plaisir et douloureuse joye

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Triste plaisir et douloureuse joye, 
Aspre doulceur, desconfort ennuieux, 
Ris en plorant, souvenir oublieux 
M'acompaignent, combien que seul je soye.

Embuchié sont, affin qu'on ne les voye 
Dedans mon cueur, en l'ombre de mes yeux. 
Triste plaisir et amoureuse joye!

C'est mon trésor, ma part et ma monoyé; 
De quoy Dangier est sur moy envieux 
Bien le sera s'il me voit avoir mieulx 
Quant il a deuil de ce qu'Amour m'envoye. 
Triste plaisir et douloureuse joye.

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Text Authorship:

by Alain Chartier (c1385 - 1430) [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), "Triste plaisir" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Alexander Liebermann (b. 1989), "Rondeau", op. 3 no. 1, published 2013 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Rondeaux pour soprano et piano, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Sad pleasure", 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: 12
Word count: 76

Sad pleasure

Language: English after the French (Français)

Sad pleasure and grievous joy,
Bitter sweetness, painful discomfort,
Laughter in tears, forgetful memory
These are my companions so long as I am alone.

I've been ambushed by them, so that anyone can see them
Within my heart, in the shadows of my eyes.
  Sad pleasure and lover's joy!

This is my treasure, my portion, my money,
Because of it Love's Threat is envious of me.
Well may he be, if he sees me gaining better,
Since he is grieved by what Love sends me now,
  Sad pleasure and grievous joy.

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a text in French (Français) by Alain Chartier (c1385 - 1430)
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This text was added to the website: 2012-06-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 91