All ye, whom love or fortune hath betrayed (John Dowland)

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General Information

Title: All ye, whom love or fortune hath betrayed
Composer: John Dowland

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SecularMadrigal

Language: English
Instruments: Lute or a cappella

First published: 1597 in The First Booke of Songs or Ayres, no. 14
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Original text and translations

English.png English text

1. All ye whom Love or Fortune hath betrayed,
All ye that dream of bliss, but live in grief,
All ye whose hopes are ever more delay'd,
All ye whose sighs or sickness wants relief:
Lend ears and tears to me, most hapless man,
That sings my sorrows like the dying swan.

2. Care that consumes the heart with inward pain,
Pain that presents sad care in outward view,
Both, tyrant-like, enforce me to complain,
But still in vain: for none my plaints will rue.
Tears, sighs and ceaseless cries alone I spend:
My woe wants comfort, and my sorrow end.

Polish.png Polish translation

by Stanisław Jonczyk

1. Wy wszyscy, przez Miłość i Fortunę zdradzeni,
Rozkoszy pragnący lecz żyjący w cierpieniu,
Wy, których los już się nie odmieni,
Wy wszyscy - pragnący już tylko ukojenia.
Użyczcie łez mi - najżałośliwszemu z was,
Co, jak łabędź mrący, wyśpiewuje swój żal.

2. Troska trawiąca serce boleśnie,
I ból dobywający ją z duszy odmętów.
One są twórcami żałosnej tej pieśni;
Na próżno! Nikt nie pożałuje mojego lamentu.
Płaczę, szlocham i łkam wciąż w samotności,
Pragnąc końca cierpień mych i końca żałości.