Pour ung plaisir a 5 (Tielman Susato)

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(Posted 2010-03-09) CPDL #21157: (Finale 2008)

Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2010-03-09). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 108 kB Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Pour ung plaisir
Composer: Tielman Susato

Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: STTTB
Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1545 in Sixiesme livre contenant trente et une chansons nouvelles a cinq et six parties, no. 31
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Original text and translations

French text

Old French
Pour ung plaisir qui si peu dure,
jen ay souffert pain'et travaulx,
jen ay souffert douleur trop dure,
jen ay receu mille maulx,
jen ay eu de trop grans assaulx,
Or Dieu me doint bon' aventure,
fortun'a faict sur moy ses saulx.

Modern French
Pour un plaisir qui si peu dure,
j'en ai reçu peine et travaux,
J'en ai souffert douleur trop dure,
j'en ai reçu mille maux,
J'en ai eu de trop grands assauts,
Or Dieu me doit bonne aventure,
Fortune n'a fait sur moi ses saulx.

English translation

For pleasure that was all too brief,
Have I sustained travails and woes,
Have I full suffered every grief,
Have I received a thousand blows,
Have I hurt more than any knows,
Now God doth owe me some relief,
Ill fortune’s had me in its throes.

Translation by Thomas Daughton