Mais ma Mignonne (Clément Janequin)

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• (Posted 2023-04-03)  CPDL #73338: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-04-03).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 212 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. This edition is offered at original pitch (high chiavette) for S.A.T.B. or transposed down a fourth for A.T.T.B. Modernized French underlay.

General Information

Title: Mais ma Mignonne
Composer: Clément Janequin
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicings: SATB or ATTB
Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1536 in Tiers livre contenant XXI chansons à quatre esleves de plusieurs livres (Pierre Attaingnant), no. 4
    2nd published: 1538 in Venticinque canzoni francese a quatro (Antonio Gardano), no. 16
    3rd published: 1540 in Le Parangon des chansons, livre 7 (Jacques Moderne), no. 11
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Original text and translations

French text Mais ma Mignonne aux tetins descouvers Qui de iazer & de baiser na honte Et quant ce vient a faire fin de compte Iamais ne veult quon la torne a lenvers. Pourquoy gecte elle ung regard de travers a un vetin celle ne veult qui monte Ha ie laray par bien si ie laffronte Ou ie rempray portes & huys ouvers.

French text (modernized) Mais ma Mignonne aux tétins découverts, Qui de jazer et de baiser n'a honte; Et quant ce vient à faire fin de compte, Jamais ne veut qu'on la tourne à l'envers; Pourquoi jette elle un regard de travers, À un vetin celle ne veut que monte? Ha, je l'aurai par bien si je l'affronte Où je romprai portes et huis ouverts.

English translation But as for my bare-breasted Mignonne, Who has no shame in chatting or kissing, And when it's time to make the final reckoning, Only wants to be turned about; Why does she look askance At a trap she just wants to be caught in? Ha, I shall win her if I engage her head-on Where I can break open posterns and gates. (trans. Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes)