Ma fin est mon commencement (Guillaume de Machaut)

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• (Posted 2006-03-20)  CPDL #11289: 

Editor: N. Nakamura (submitted 2006-03-20).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 58 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Postscript file also available. Copyright (C) 2004 by N. Nakamura.

General Information

Title: Ma fin est mon commencement
Composer: Guillaume de Machaut

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: TTB
Genre: Secular, Chanson, Rondeaux

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

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Original text and translations

French text Ma fin est mon commencement Et mon commencement ma fin Est teneure vraiement Ma fin est mon commencement. Mes tiers chans trois fois seulement Se retrograde et einsi fin. Ma fin est mon commencement Et mon commencement ma fin.

English translation My end is my beginning And my beginning my end. This is truly my tenor [or, that which I hold on to], My end is my beginning. My third line three times only Goes back on itself and so finishes. My end is my beginning And my beginning my end.