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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
{{Title|''We Wommen Konne No Thyng Hele''}} | |||
{{Composer|Anthony Linden Jones}} | {{Composer|Anthony Linden Jones}} | ||
{{Lyricist|Geoffrey Chaucer}} | {{Lyricist|Geoffrey Chaucer}} | ||
{{Voicing|6|SSATBB}} | {{Voicing|6|SSATBB}} | ||
{{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}} | |||
{{Language|Middle English}} | {{Language|Middle English}} | ||
{{Instruments|Percussion}} | |||
{{Pub|1|}} | |||
{{Descr| Text from the ''Wife of Bath's Tale'', from ''The Canterbury Tales''.<br>}} | |||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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We wommen konne no thyng hele; | |||
Witnesse on Myda, - wol ye heere the tale? | |||
Ovyde, amonges othere thynges smale, | |||
Seyde Myda hadde, under his longe heres, | |||
Growynge upon his heed two asses eres, | |||
The whiche vyce he hydde, as he best myghte, | |||
Ful subtilly from every mannes sighte, | |||
That, save his wyf, ther wiste of it namo. | |||
he loved hire moost, and trusted hire also; | |||
He preyede hire that to no creature | |||
She sholde tellen of his disfigure. | |||
She swoor him, ‘Nay,’ for al this world to wynne, | |||
She nolde nat do that vileynye or synne, | |||
To make hir housbonde han so foul a name. | |||
She nolde nat telle it for hir owene shame. | |||
But natheless, hir thoughte that she dyde, | |||
That she so longe sholde a conseil hyde; | |||
Hir thoughte it swal so soore aboute hir herte | |||
That nemely so work hire moost asterte; | |||
And sith she dorste telle it to no man, | |||
Doun to a mareys faste by she ran – | |||
Til she cam there, hir herte was a-fyre – | |||
And as a bitore bombleth in the myre, | |||
She leyde hir mouth unto the water doun; | |||
‘Biwreye me nat, thou water, with thy soun,’ | |||
Quod she; ‘to thee I telle it and namo; | |||
Myn housbonde hath longe asses erys two! | |||
Now is myn herte al hool, now is it oute. | |||
I myghte no lenger kepe it, out of doute.’ | |||
Heere may ye se, thogh we a tyme abyde, | |||
Yet out it moot; we kan no conseil hyde.}} | |||
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{{Translation|English| | |||
''Paraphrased interpretation'' | |||
We women can conceal no secret. | |||
Look at Midas – will you hear the tale? | |||
Ovid, among other things small, | |||
Said Midas had, under his long hair, | |||
Growing upon his head, two asses ears. | |||
This defect he hid as best he could | |||
Cleverly from everybody’s sight | |||
So that, except for his wife, nobody knew of it. | |||
He loved her completely, and entrusted | |||
And entreated her that to no creature | |||
Should she tell of his disfiguration. | |||
She swore him ‘No, not for the whole world. | |||
That she wouldn’t do such a villainous thing. | |||
To make her husband suffer such a bad name | |||
She dare not do it for her own shame. | |||
But nevertheless, she thought she would die | |||
After keeping the secret for such a long time. | |||
She thought it swelled so painfully in her heart | |||
That surely some word of it would burst out, | |||
And since she dare not tell it to anyone, | |||
She ran down to a nearby marsh. | |||
As she ran, her heart was all on fire | |||
And as a heron boomed across the mire, | |||
She put her mouth into the water. | |||
‘Oh water, don’t betray me with your sound. | |||
She said, ‘I’ll tell it to you and to nobody else. | |||
My husband two long asses ears. | |||
Now my heart is whole, now that it’s out. | |||
I can no longer keep it secret, without doubt. | |||
Here you can see, though we might keep it awhile, | |||
Yet, it must out – we can hide no secret.}} | |||
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[[Category:Modern music]] | [[Category:Modern music]] |
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- Editor: Anthony Linden Jones (submitted 2002-04-10). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 432 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: We Wommen Konne No Thyng Hele
Composer: Anthony Linden Jones
Lyricist: Geoffrey Chaucer
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATBB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: Middle English
Instruments: Percussion
First published:
Description: Text from the Wife of Bath's Tale, from The Canterbury Tales.
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Original text and translations
Middle English text We wommen konne no thyng hele; |
English translation Paraphrased interpretation |