Amours merchi (Gilles Binchois)
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- Editor: Mark Szabó (submitted 2019-03-01). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 212 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: According to GB-Ob MS. Canon. Misc. 213 - Bodleian Library, Oxford, England (GB-Ob).
General Information
Title: Amours merchi
Composer: Gilles Binchois
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Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: Cantus, Contra, Tenor
Genre: Secular, Chanson
Language: French
Instruments: A cappella
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Original text and translations
French text
Amours merchi de trestout non poir
tant que je puis quant il m'a fait choisir.
Tres douchement, et tout a mon voloir
Agatie m'a un tres riche plaisir.
Cescune fois que j'en ay souvenir
Le cuer de moy devient tout joieux,
Prendre ne puis nul espoir doloreux
Si richement t'ay choisi a mon gré
Et par amours que le m'a commandé.
English text
With all my strength I thank Love,
as much as I can, for she has
given me the choice,
very sweetly , and exactly as I wanted,
she has selected a rich delight for me.
Each time I think of this
my heart is filled with joy:
melancholic feelings have no grip on me,
for I had the luxury to choose him freely,
and also Love who recommended him to me.