Si dessus vos lèvres (Andreas Pevernage)

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(Posted 2022-05-09) CPDL #69155:

Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2022-05-09). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 141 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed down a fourth because of the chiavette used. Original note values. Spelling modernised in text underlay.

(Posted 2022-05-09) CPDL #69154:

Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2022-05-09). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 138 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Original pitch and note values. Spelling modernised in text underlay.

General Information

Title: Si dessus vos lèvres
Composer: Andreas Pevernage
Lyricist: Philippe Desportes
Number of voices: 4vv Voicings: SATB or SSTT
Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1597 Le Rossignol musical, no. 1
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Original text and translations

French text

Si dessus voz leures de roses
Ie voy mes liesses descloses,
Mon esprit, ma vie & mon bien,
Vous ne pouez me le defendre:
Par tout le mien ie puis reprendre,
Il faut que chacun ait le sien.

German translation

Wenn ich auf euren rosigen Lippen
meine Freuen dargeboten sehe,
mein Geist, mein Leben und mein Höchstes,
dann könnt ihr mir sie nicht verwehren:
überall kann ich mein Eigentum ergreifen,
ein jeder muss das Seine haben.

Translation by Gerhard Weydt

English translation

If on your rosy lips
I see my happiness revealed,
my spirit, my life and my weal,
you cannot refuse them to me:
everywhere I may take what is mine,
everyone must have his own.