by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Je ne suy plus tel que souloye
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Je ne suy plus tel que souloye; J'ay perdu tout soulas et joye, Devenus suy viel et usé, Et m'ont les dames refusé, Car plus servir ne les porroye. Jonnesse me fault et monnoye, Desquels tres enblé je m'aydoye, Et pour ce tout par supposé. Je ne [suy plus tel que souloye; J'ay perdu tout soulas et joye, Devenus suy viel et usé.] Helas, se revenir scavoye En l'estat que primier estoye, Je faroye fort du rusé; Et se j'en estoye accusé, Savés vous que responderoye? Je ne suy [plus tel que souloye; J'ay perdu tout soulas et joye, Devenus suy viel et usé, Et m'ont les dames refusé, Car plus servir ne les porroye.]
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 Guillaume Dufay (c1400 - 1474), "Je ne suy plus tel que souloye" [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "I am no longer one who can help others", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Alberto Pedrotti
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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