En espoir vis (Orlando di Lasso)

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  • (Posted 2013-08-22)  CPDL #29913:        (Finale 2008)
Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2013-08-22).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 77 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: En espoir vis
Composer: Orlando di Lasso

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: STTB
Genre: SecularChanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1555 in Le quatoirsiesme livre a 4 parties, no. 15
    2nd published: 1559 in Douzièsme livre de chansons (Le Roy & Ballard), Edition 1, no. 6
    3rd published: 1560 in Tiers livre des chansons a 4-6 parties, no. 2
    4th published: 1570 in Mellange d'Orlande de Lassus, no. 23
    5th published: 1574 in La fleur des chansons des deux plus excellens musiciens de nostre temps (Bavent), Livre 1, no. 14
    6th published: 1576 in Le thresor de musique (sacred contrafact), Edition 1, no. 19
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Original text and translations

French.png 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.

Sacred contrafact (from Le thresor de musique d'Orlande de Lassus)
En espoir vis, et crainte me tourmente,
Un jour je ris, et l'autre je lamente,
La grace en Christ me fait bien esperer:
Mais mon peché, me contraint souspirer.

English.png 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.