Amours, amours, que volés de moi faire! En vous ne puis veoir riens de seür, Je ne cognois ne vous ne vostre afaire. Amours, amours, que volés de moi faire! Lequel vault mieulz: pryer, parler ou taire? Dittes le moi, qui avés bon eür. Amours, amours, que volés de moi faire! En vous ne puis veoir riens de seür.
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Confirmed with Jean Froissart, Rondelés Amoureus. Tome Deuxieme, Oeuvres de Froissart, ed. by Auguste Scheler, Bruxelles: Devaux, 1871, pages 410-411.
Text Authorship:
- by Jean Froissart (c1337 - c1410), no title, appears in Rondelés Amoureus, no. 51 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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- Also set in English, adapted by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882) , "Rondel", appears in The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published 1868 ; composed by Frederic Hymen Cowen, Sir, Edward Elgar, Sir, Philip Gordon, Willy B. Manson, Sydney Thomson.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ed. Sachs ; composed by Edward Elgar, Sir.
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-04
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Love, love, what wilt thou with this heart of mine? Naught see I [fixed or sure]1 in thee! I do not know thee, -- nor what deeds are thine: Love, love, what wilt thou with this heart of mine? Naught see I fixed or sure in thee! Shall I be mute, or vows with prayers combine? Ye who are blessed in loving, tell it me: Love, love, what wilt thou with this heart of mine? Naught see I permanent or sure in thee!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Poets and Poetry of Europe, Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1845, page 438.
1 Elgar: "sure or fixed"Text Authorship:
- by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "Rondel", appears in The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published 1868 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Old French (Ancien français) by Jean Froissart (c1337 - c1410), no title, appears in Rondelés Amoureus, no. 51
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Frederic Hymen Cowen, Sir (1852 - 1935), "Love, what wilt thou with this heart of mine?", published 1892 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "Rondel", op. 16 (Three Songs) no. 3 (1894), first performed 1897 [ voice and piano ], from Seven Lieder of Edward Elgar, no. 6, first published as op. 16 no. 3 in 1896, republished 1907 with German words, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Philip Gordon (1894 - 1983), "Love, what wilt thou with this heart of mine?", published 1957 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Willy B. Manson , "Love! What wilt thou with this heart of mine?", published 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Songs of Love and Youth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sydney Thomson , "Love, Love, what wilt thou", published 1901 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], partsong [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-05
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Word count: 82