Say loue if euer thou didst finde (John Dowland)

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General Information

Title: Say loue if euer thou didst finde
Composer: John Dowland

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: No VII from The Third and Last Booke of Songs or Aires (1603)

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Original text and translations

English text

Say, Love if ever thou didst find,

A woman with a constant mind,

None but one,

And what should that rare mirror be,

Some goddess or some queen is she,

She and only she,

She only queen of love and beauty.

But could thy fiery poison'd dart

At no time touch her spotless heart

Nor come near?

She is not subject to Love's bow,

Her eye commands, her heart saith 'No',

No and only no

One no another still doth follow.

How might I that fair wonder know

That mocks desire with endless no

See the moon

That ever in one change doth grow

Yet still the same and she is so

So and only so

From Heav'n her virtues she doth borrow

To her then yield thy shafts and bow,

That can command affections so:

Love is free,

So are her thoughts that vanquish thee,

There is no queen of love but she,

She and only she,

She only queen of love and beauty.