A thousand regrets at leaving you | A thousand regrets at leaving you

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possibly by Jean Lemaire de Belges (c1473 - 1513+)

Translation © by David Wyatt

Mille regretz de vous habandonner

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: DUT ENG

Mille [regretz]¹ de vous habandonner,
Et deslongiers vostre fache amoureuse,
Jay si grant doeul et paine doloreuse,
Quon my verra brief mes jours definer.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• N. Gombert

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¹ Gombert: "regres"

Modernized form of the text:

Mille regrets de vous abandonner,
Et d'éloigner votre face amoureuse.
J'ai si grand deuil et peine douloureuse,
Qu'on me verra bref mes jours définer.

Text Authorship:

possibly by Jean Lemaire de Belges (c1473 - 1513+) [author's text checked 1 time 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 Nicolas Gombert (c1495 - c1560), "Mille Regres" [sung text checked 1 time]
by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "Mille regrets" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

Research team for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor] , Ellis Hilton

This text was added to the website: 2007-06-26
Line count: 4
Word count: 25

A thousand regrets at leaving you

Language: English after the French (Français)

A thousand regrets at leaving you
And going far away from your loving face.
I feel such great grief and woeful pain
That you'll soon see me make an end of my life.

Text Authorship:

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) possibly by Jean Lemaire de Belges (c1473 - 1513+)
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This text was added to the website: 2012-07-14
Line count: 4
Word count: 33