En m'oyant chanter (Orlando di Lasso)

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• CPDL #16112: MIDI and NoteWorthy Composer files

Editor: Brian Russell (submitted 2008-02-18).   Copyright: CPDL

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• CPDL #15291: Finale 2002

Editor: Benoît Huwart (submitted 2007-10-30).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 48 kbytes   Copyright: Public Domain

General Information

Title: En m'oyant chanter
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist: Clément Marot, Epigrammes

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

Language: French
Instruments: a cappella
Published:

Description:

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Original text and translations

French text

En m'oyant chanter quelquefois,

Tu te plains qu'estre je ne daigne

Musicien, et que ma voix

Mérite bien que l'on m'enseigne :

Voire, que la peine je preigne

D'apprendre ut, ré, mi, fa, sol, la.

Que diable veux-tu que j'apreigne ?

Je ne boy que trop sans cela.

English translation
by Mick Swithinbank
Sometimes when you hear me sing
you complain because I dare to call myself
a musician, saying that my voice
would be worth training,
that it would be worth the effort
for me to learn 'do re mi fa so la'.
Why the devil do you want me to learn that?
I already drink more than enough as it is.