O what unhoped (Thomas Campion)
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- (Posted 2008-10-05) CPDL #18126:
- Editor: Christoph Dalitz (submitted 2008-10-05). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 32 kB Copyright: CC BY 3.0 Germany
- Edition notes: Bass part arranged to better fit for singing rather than playing on a viol.
General Information
Title: O what unhoped
Composer: Thomas Campion
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: SAB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: Renaissance lute in G
First published: 1613 in The Second Booke of Ayres, no. 4
Description: A simple song that can optionally be performed as a part song or as a solo song with lute accompaniment.
Original text and translations
English text
O what unhop't for sweet supply !
O what ioyes exceeding !
What an affecting charme feele I,
From delight proceeding !
That which I long despair'd to be,
To her I am, and shee to mee.
Shee that alone in cloudy griefe
Long to mee appeared,
Shee now alone with bright reliefe
All those clouds hath cleared.
Both are immortall and diuine :
Since I am hers, and she is mine.