I cannot keep myself from loving | I cannot keep myself from loving

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Translation © by David Wyatt

Je ne me puis tenir d'aimer

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Je ne me puis tenir d'aimer
Celle qui point ne m'aime.
Je me doibz bien desconforter
Car j'ay perdu ma peine.
Ma dame souveraine,
Recevez vostre amy
Par vostre bonté pleine
Ou mort est a demy.

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), "Je ne me puis tenir d'aimer" [vocal quintet] [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "I cannot keep myself from loving", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2012-07-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 36

I cannot keep myself from loving

Language: English after the French (Français)

I cannot keep myself from loving
Her who does not love me at all.
I feel I am quite discouraged
Because I've wasted my effort.
My sovereign lady,
Receive your beloved
By your great goodness
Or he is half-dead.

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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: 8
Word count: 39