Wilt thou unkind thus reave me (John Dowland)
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General Information
Title: Wilt thou unkind thus reave me
Composer: John Dowland
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella (originally with lute tablature)
Published: 1597
Description: No XV from First Booke of Songs or Ayres (1597)
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Original text and translations
English text
1.
- Wilt thou unkind thus reave me of my heart,
- of my heart, and so leave me? And so leave me?
Refrain
- Farewell: but yet or ere I part (O cruell) kisse me,
- sweet, kiss me sweet, my Jewell
2.
- Hope by disdaine growess cheerelesse, cheerelesse,
- feare doth love, love doth feare, beauty peerelesse.
3.
- If no delayes can move thee, move thee, life shall die,
- death shall live, still to love thee.
4.
- Yet ne thou mindfull ever, ever, heat from fire,
- fire from heat, none can sever.
5.
- True love cannot be changed, changed,
- though delight from desert be estranged.
