J'aime le cœur a 4 (Claudin de Sermisy)

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Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2023-08-14).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 106 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA
Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. Modernized French text

General Information

Title: J'aime le cœur a 4
Composer: Claudin de Sermisy
Lyricist: Clément Marot
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB
Genre: SecularChanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1530 in Trente et six chansons musicales a quatre parties (Pierre Attaingnant), no. 7
    2nd published: 1536 in Second livre contenant XXXI chansons musicales (Pierre Attaingnant), no. 20
    3rd published: 1551 in Quart livre du recueil (Nicolas Du Chemin), no. 20
Description: A three-voice setting of this work also exists (SST, 1535).

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Original text and translations

French.png French text


Jayme le cueur de mamye,
Sa bonte et sa doulceur;
Je layme sans infamye
Et comme ung frere la seur
Amytie demesuree
Nest jamais bien assuree
Et met les cueurs en tourment
Je veulx aymer aultrement.

French.png French text

 modernised
J'aime le cœur de m'amie,
Sa bonté et sa douceur;
Je l'aime sans infamie
Et comme un frère la soeur.
Amitié démesurée
N'est jamais bien assurée,
Et met les cœurs en tourment.
Je veux aimer autrement.

English.png English translation


I love my girlfriend's heart,
her goodness and her sweetness;
I love her without impropriety,
Like brother for sister.
Unbridled friendship
Is never well-judged,
And creates heart-ache.
I wish to love otherwise.

(trans.: Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes)