I am not grieved | I am not grieved, except because I am not dead

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Je n'ay dueil

Language: Old French (Ancien français)

Our translations: ENG

Je n'ay dueil que je ne suis morte
Ne doye je pas vouloir morir
Dueil a mon cuer voulu saisir
Qui de tous biens me desconforte

Ma douleur est plus que trop forte
Car sans avoir aucun plaisir
    Je n'ay dueil que je ne suis morte
    Ne doye je pas vouloir morir

Je n'ay rien qui plus me conforte
D'œil ne voy plus que desplaisir
Mort est le plus que mon desir
Car quelque chouse qu'on m'aporte

    Je n'ay dueil que je ne suis morte
    Ne doye je pas vouloir morir
    Dueil a mon cuer voulu saisir
    Qui de tous biens me desconforte

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 Johannes Ockeghem (1410?25 - 1497), "Je n'ay dueil" [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "I am not grieved", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: David Wyatt

This text was added to the website: 2012-09-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 103

I am not grieved

Language: English after the Old French (Ancien français)

I am not grieved, except because I am not dead.
Should I not wish to die?
Grief, which takes from me the comfort of all good things,
Aims to seize my heart.

My sadness is more than too powerful,
For I have no pleasure, yet
  I am not grieved, except because I am not dead.
  Should I not wish to die?

There is nothing I can see which can comfort me
Any more, nor can I see anything but annoyance;
Death is the most I desire
For whatever anyone offers me,

I am not grieved, except because I am not dead.
Should I not wish to die?
Grief, which takes from me the comfort of all good things,
Aims to seize my heart.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Old French (Ancien 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 Old French (Ancien français) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2012-09-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 123