Mins liefkens bruin oghen (Benedictus Appenzeller)
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- Editor: Kees Doevendans (submitted 2021-03-17). Score information: A4, 6 pages, 452 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Mins liefkens bruin oghen
Composer: Benedictus Appenzeller
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Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Chanson
Language: Dutch
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1540 Selectissimae Cantiones, Kriesstein, n.62
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Original text and translations
Dutch text
Mins liefkens bruin oghen en haren lachende mondt
die doen mi pine endoghen.
Dat ic si sien noch sprecken en mach
dat claeg ic God en minen oghen:
ic ben betroghen.
English translation
My beloved’s brown eyes and her laughing mouth
cause me pain.
I complain to God and to my eyes
because I may neither see her nor speak to her:
I am betrayed.
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