Pourquoi non (Pierre de la Rue)
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- CPDL #15175: Finale 2002
- Editor: Benoît Huwart (submitted 2007-10-11). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 49 kB Copyright: Public Domain
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Title: Pourquoi non
Composer: Pierre de La Rue
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Chanson
Language: French
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations
French text
- Pourquoi non,
- Ne veuil je mourir?
- Pourquoi non,
- Ne dois je quérir,
- La fin de ma dolente vie.
- Quand j'aime qui ne m'aime mie,
- Et sers sans guerdon acquérir.
English translation
by Mick Swithinbank
Why do I
not wish to die?
This life of misery,
if it cannot be mended,
were it not better ended?
I love her: not a fig does she care
and my reward for serving her
is naught but empty air.