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by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377)

Comment puet on miex ses maus dire
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Comment puet on miex ses maus dire
A dame qui congnoit honnour
Et c'on l'aimme de vraie amour,

Quant amans ressoingne escondire
Et s'a de son courrous paour?
  Comment puet on miex ses maus dire
  A dame qui congnoist honnour?

[Celle]1 voit qu'il tramble et souspire
Et mue maniere et coulour
Et qu'il soit mus et plains de plour,
  Comment puet on miex ses maus dire
  A dame qui congnoist honnour
  Et qu'on l'aimme de vraie amour?

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1 in some editions, "S'elle"

Text Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , title unknown, copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 77