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{{ | 1. Now, O, now, I needs must part,<br> | ||
<! | :parting though I absent mourn.<br> | ||
:Absence can no joy impart,<br> | |||
:joy, once fled, cannot return.<br><br> | |||
Refrain: Sad despair doth drive me hence,<br> | |||
::this despair unkindness sends.<br> | |||
::If that parting be offence,<br> | |||
::it is she which then offends!<br><br> | |||
2. While I live I needs must love,<br> | |||
:Love live not when hope is gone:<br> | |||
:Now, at last, despair doth prove,<br> | |||
:Love divided loveth none.<br><br> | |||
3. Dear, when from thee I am gone,<br> | |||
:Gone are all my joys at once.<br> | |||
:I loved thee and thee alone,<br> | |||
:in whose love I joyed once.<br><br> | |||
4. And, although your sight I leave,<br> | |||
:slight wherein my joys do lie,<br> | |||
:'Till that Death do sense bereave,<br> | |||
:never shall affection die.<br><br> | |||
5. Dear, if I do not return,<br> | |||
:Love and I shall die together.<br> | |||
:For my absence never mourn,<br> | |||
:whom you might have joined ever.<br><br> | |||
6. Part, we must, though now I die,<br> | |||
:Die I do to part with you;<br> | |||
:Him despair doth cause to lie,<br> | |||
:who both loved and dieth true. | |||
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Title: Now o now I needs must part
Composer: John Dowland
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigals
Language: English
Instruments: none, a cappella
Published: First Booke of Songes or Ayres (1597)
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Original text and translations
English text
1. Now, O, now, I needs must part,
- parting though I absent mourn.
- Absence can no joy impart,
- joy, once fled, cannot return.
Refrain: Sad despair doth drive me hence,
- this despair unkindness sends.
- If that parting be offence,
- it is she which then offends!
- this despair unkindness sends.
2. While I live I needs must love,
- Love live not when hope is gone:
- Now, at last, despair doth prove,
- Love divided loveth none.
3. Dear, when from thee I am gone,
- Gone are all my joys at once.
- I loved thee and thee alone,
- in whose love I joyed once.
4. And, although your sight I leave,
- slight wherein my joys do lie,
- 'Till that Death do sense bereave,
- never shall affection die.
5. Dear, if I do not return,
- Love and I shall die together.
- For my absence never mourn,
- whom you might have joined ever.
6. Part, we must, though now I die,
- Die I do to part with you;
- Him despair doth cause to lie,
- who both loved and dieth true.