Je lay aymé (Pierre Certon)

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  • (Posted 2017-12-18)  CPDL #48074:       
Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2017-12-18).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 65 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Je lay aymé
Composer: Pierre Certon
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Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATT
Genre: SecularChanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1533 in Chansons musicales a quatre parties (Pierre Attaingnant), no. 5
    2nd published: 1536 in Second livre contenant XXXI chansons musicales (Pierre Attaingnant), no. 6
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Original text and translations

French.png French text

Original French
Je l'ay aimé et l'aymeray
le mien amy à qui toujours seray
si mort ne vient ou moi ou luy surprendre
encore ne puis en mon esprit comprendre
aprez la mort comment je l'oubliray?

Modern French
Je l'ai aimé et l'aimerai
le mien ami, à qui je serai toujours,
si mort vient ou moi ou lui surprendre
encore en mon esprit ne puis comprendre
après la mort, comment je l'oublierai?

English.png English translation

I have loved him and love him still,
My own true beau, and this I always will
Lest death surprises either me or him.
Yet in my mind one thing for me’s still dim:
How will my love for him survive death’s chill?

Translation by Thomas Daughton