Sadness strikes me | Sadness strikes me and sadness maddens me

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Translation © by David Wyatt

Douleur me bat

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Douleur me bat et tristesse m'afolle,
Amour me nuyt et malheur me consolle,
Vouloir me suit, mais aider ne me peult,
Jouyr ne puis d'ung grant bien qu'on me veult,
De vivre ainsi, pour dieu, qu'on me décolle.

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 Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "Douleur me bat" [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Sadness strikes me", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-29
Line count: 5
Word count: 38

Sadness strikes me

Language: English after the French (Français)

Sadness strikes me and sadness maddens me,
Love harms me and misfortune consoles me
My will follows me but cannot help me,
I cannot enjoy a great good which she wishes me, 
To live thus -- by God, someone behead 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: 2012-07-14
Line count: 5
Word count: 40