Isn't it a great displeasure? | Isn't it a great displeasure

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Translation © by David Wyatt

N'esse pas ung grant desplaisir

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: ENG

Nesse pas ung grant desplaisir, 
Quant je n'ose pour mon plaisir
Pour mon bien et ma santé
Faire du mien ma volonté, 
et si n'ay point aultre desir?

Modernised spelling:

N'est ce pas un grand déplaisir, 
quand je n'ose pour mon plaisir, 
pour mon bien et ma santé
faire du mien ma volonté, 
et si n'ai point autre désir?

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), "N'esse pas ung grant desplaisir" [
text verified 1 time
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Isn't it a great displeasure?", 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: 5
Word count: 28

Isn't it a great displeasure?

Language: English after the French (Français)

Isn't it a great displeasure
When I dare not for my pleasure
For my good and my health
Do with my own what I want,
Even if I have no other desire?

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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: 32