Se la face ay pale (Guillaume Dufay)
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General Information
Title: Se la face ay pale
Composer: Guillaume Dufay
Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STT
Genre: Secular, Chanson
Language: French
Instruments: A cappella
Published:
Description: This chanson is the source of the cantus firmus for Missa Se la face ay pale.
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Original text and translations
French text
Se la face ay pale,
la cause est aimer,
c’est la principale
Et tant m’est amer aimer,
qu’en l'amer me voudroye voir.
Or scet bien de voir,
la belle a qui suis
que nul bien avoir
sans elle ne puis.
C’est la plus reale
qu’on puist regarder,
De s’amour leiale
ne me puis guarder,
fol sui de agarder.
Ne faire devoir
d’amours recevoir
fors d’elle, je cuis.
Se ne veil douloir,
sans elle ne puis.
English translation
If my face is pale, the cause is love,
that is the principal reason,
And to love is so bitter
that I want to throw myself into the sea.
Now, she knows well, the lady whom I serve,
that without her I cannot be happy.
It is the most real that one can regard:
I cannot guard myself from loyal love,
I am mad from it.
Don’t make a duty of receiving
love so strongly from her.
If one does not desire pain,
without her, I cannot.