Je me complains piteusement, by Guillaume Dufay
Performance by the Marion Consort as part of a concert on 10 January 2016 at the Byron Colby Barn in Grayslake IL USA. Text and translation:
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Je me complains piteusement
I complain piteously
A moi tout seul plus qu'a nullui,
To myself alone more than to anyone else
De la griesté, paine e tourment,
Of the grief, pain and torment
Que je souffre plus que ne di.
I suffer more than I can say.
Dangier me tient en tel soussi
The Pain of Love keeps me so worried
Qu'eschever ne puis sa rudesse,
That I cannot escape its brutality
Et Fortune le veult aussi,
And Fortune wishes it so, too
Mais, par ma foy, ce fait Jonesse.
But by my faith, this is what Youth does!