Susann' un jour (Jean de Castro)

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• (Posted 2016-01-16)  CPDL #38174:      (Finale 2012)

Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2016-01-16).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 89 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: Susann' un jour
Composer: Jean de Castro
Lyricist: Guillaume Guéroult

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SST

Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

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Original text and translations

French text

Susann' un jour d'amour sollicitée
Par deux viellards, convoitans sa beauté,
Fut en son coeur triste et désconfortée,
Voyant l’effort fait à sa chasteté.
Elle leur dit, Si par désloyauté
De ce corps mien vous avez jouissance,
C’est fait de moi. Si je fais résistance,
Vous me ferez mourir en déshonneur.
Mais j’aime mieux périr en innocence,
Que d’offenser par péché le Seigneur.

English translation

One day, Susanne's love was solicited by
Two old men coveting her beauty.
She became sad and displeased in her heart,
Seeing the attempt at her chastity.
She said : 'If, dishonourably,
From my body you take pleasure,
This is done to me. If I resist,
You would make me die in disgrace.
But I would rather perish innocent,
Than to offend the Lord with a sin.