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by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377)

Tant doucement me sens emprisonnés
Language: French (Français) 
Our translations:  ENG
Tant doucement me sens emprisonnés
Qu'onques amans n'ot si douce prison.

Jamais ne quier estre desprisonnés, -
  Tant doucement me sens emprisonnés;s -

Car tous biens m'est en ceste prison nez
Que dame puet donner sans mesprison.
  Tant doucement me sens emprisonnez
  Qu'onques amans n'ot si douce prison.

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 1: "So sweetly do I feel myself imprisoned", 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: 8
Word count: 46