En espoir vis (Orlando di Lasso)
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- CPDL #29913: Finale 2008
- Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2013-08-22). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 77 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: En espoir vis
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: STTB
Genre: Secular, Chanson
Language: French
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1555, Il primo libro dove si contengono madrigali, vilanesche, canzoni francesi, e motetti, 4vv, Antwerp
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Original text and translations
French text
Original text
En espoir vis et crainte me tourmente
ung iour ie ris et lautre ie lamente
vostre doulx oeil me faict bien esperer
mais mon grief mal me contrainct souspirer
Modern French
En espoir vis et crainte me tourmente.
Un jour je ris, et l'autre, je lamente.
Votre doux oeil me fait bien espérer,
mais mon grave mal me constraint à soupirer.
English translation
I live with hope, yet fear torments me.
One day I laugh, another I cry.
Your gentle eye gives me hope,
yet my grave suffering causes me to sigh.