My mouth laughs | My mouth laughs and my thoughts cry

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Ma bouche rit

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Ma bouche rit et ma pensée pleure
Mon oeil s'esjoie et mon cueur maudit l'heure
Et mon cueur pleure 
Qu'il eust le bien 
qui sa santé déchasse.

Ma bouche rit et mon cueur pleure,
Mon cueur pleure et ma bouche rit.

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), "Ma bouche rit" [vocal sextet] [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "My mouth laughs", 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: 7
Word count: 41

My mouth laughs

Language: English after the French (Français)

My mouth laughs and my thoughts cry;
My eye enjoys itself and my heart curses the time
And my heart weeps
That it might have the good
Which its good sense chased away.

My mouth laughs and my heart cries,
My heart cries and my mouth laughs.

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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: 7
Word count: 47