O cruaulté (Clément Janequin)

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• (Posted 2025-08-07)  CPDL #86262: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2025-08-07).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 60 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. French text modernized.

• (Posted 2018-05-16)  CPDL #49665:       

Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2018-05-16).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 62 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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Title: O cruaulté
Composer: Clément Janequin
Lyricist: Clément Marot , Chanson XXIX from Adolescence Clémentine

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1538 in Livre 5: 25 chansons a 4 (Pierre Attaingnant), Edition 1, no. 15
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Original text and translations

French text O cruauté, logée en grande beauté, o grande beauté, qui loge cruauté, quand ma douleur jamais tu ne sentiras, au moins un jour, pense à ma loyauté: peut-être te diras-tu ingrate.

English translation O cruelty, housed in great beauty; O great beauty, that houses cruelty; While you will never feel my pain, At least one day think of my loyalty; Then perhaps you will term yourself ungrateful. (trans Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes)