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'Ne je ne dors ne je ne veille' by Guillaume Du Fay (c.1397 - 1474)
The anonymous text to Du Fay's rondeau appears without music in a few literary sources, Antoine Vérard's Le jardin de plaisance et fleur de rethoricque nouvellement...(Paris, 1501), and British Library MS Lansdowne 380. A manuscript source for the musical setting of 'Ne je ne dors ne je ne veille' is in the Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze, Magl. XIX, 178. f. 29v.
Mignarda's interpretation highlights the restless qualities of Du Fay's setting, with particular attention to the effective, though understated, rhythmic devices and the modal shifts that make this rondeau a miniature masterpiece.
The anonymous text to Du Fay's rondeau appears without music in a few literary sources, Antoine Vérard's Le jardin de plaisance et fleur de rethoricque nouvellement...(Paris, 1501), and British Library MS Lansdowne 380. A manuscript source for the musical setting of 'Ne je ne dors ne je ne veille' is in the Biblioteca nazionale centrale di Firenze, Magl. XIX, 178. f. 29v.
Mignarda's interpretation highlights the restless qualities of Du Fay's setting, with particular attention to the effective, though understated, rhythmic devices and the modal shifts that make this rondeau a miniature masterpiece.
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Ne je ne dors, ne je ne veille,
Tant ay fort la puce en l’oreille,
C’est du mains que de souspirer:
Car contraint suis de desirer
Que mort contre moy se resveille.
Desir ne veult que je sommeille,
L’oeil ouvert ennui me conseille,
Que je transisse de pleurer.
Ne je ne dors…
Je n’ay pas la coulleur vermeille,
C’est par vous, dont je m’esmerveille,
Comment vous povez endurer.
Que pour vous craindre et honnourer,
Je souffre doulleur nonpareille.
Ne je ne dors…
I cannot sleep, nor can I wake,
So strong is my agitation.
All I can do is sigh.
I am forced to desire
That death may rise against me.
Desire will not let me sleep.
Anguish with open eye urges me,
To die with weeping.
I cannot sleep…
I have lost my healthy complexion
This is because of you and I wonder
At how you can allow,
That for the sake of fearing and honoring you
I suffer incomparable grief.
I cannot sleep…
Tant ay fort la puce en l’oreille,
C’est du mains que de souspirer:
Car contraint suis de desirer
Que mort contre moy se resveille.
Desir ne veult que je sommeille,
L’oeil ouvert ennui me conseille,
Que je transisse de pleurer.
Ne je ne dors…
Je n’ay pas la coulleur vermeille,
C’est par vous, dont je m’esmerveille,
Comment vous povez endurer.
Que pour vous craindre et honnourer,
Je souffre doulleur nonpareille.
Ne je ne dors…
I cannot sleep, nor can I wake,
So strong is my agitation.
All I can do is sigh.
I am forced to desire
That death may rise against me.
Desire will not let me sleep.
Anguish with open eye urges me,
To die with weeping.
I cannot sleep…
I have lost my healthy complexion
This is because of you and I wonder
At how you can allow,
That for the sake of fearing and honoring you
I suffer incomparable grief.
I cannot sleep…
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Mignarda Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Mignarda specializes in thoughtful programming illuminating the vibrant mingling of renaissance music & poetry. Noted for awakening modern audiences to an appreciation for historical music, their work encompasses concertizing, teaching & recording, with 17 critically-acclaimed CDs, a series of 16 music editions, scholarly articles, reviews and the internationally-popular blog, Unquiet Thoughts. ... more
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