Courante/Bien qu'un cruel martire
from Divine Amarillis: Airs De Court 1570-1640 by Mignarda
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by anon/Pierre Guédron (1563-1621)
We preface Guédron’s lively air, Bien qu’un cruel martire, with an anonymous yet thematically similar Courante from the English lute manuscript owned and partially copied by Lord Herbert of Cherbury. It is difficult to know whether the courante or the air came first since it was common practice to create an instrumental dance tune from popular airs and vice versa.
We preface Guédron’s lively air, Bien qu’un cruel martire, with an anonymous yet thematically similar Courante from the English lute manuscript owned and partially copied by Lord Herbert of Cherbury. It is difficult to know whether the courante or the air came first since it was common practice to create an instrumental dance tune from popular airs and vice versa.
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Bien qu’un cruel martire,
Me rende languissant,
Et que plus je soupire,
Plus mon mal va croissant,
La cause en est si belle,
Que souffrant le trespass
Cent fois pour elle, je ne m’en plaindrois pas.
Tous les maux dont se treuve
Mon esprit agité
Ne servent que de prevue
A ma fidélité
Dont la cause est si belle,
Que souffrant le trespass
Cent fois pour elle, je ne m’en plaindrois pas.
J’ay cela d’avantage sur les autres amans
Que jamais mon courage
Ne s’estonne aux tourmens,
Car la cause est si belle,
Que souffrant le trespass
Cent fois pour elle, je ne m’en plaindrois pas.
Although cruel suffering
makes me die slowly and painfully
and the more I sigh,
the more my pain increases,
The cause of this is so beautiful, that
suffering death a hundred times for her
I would not complain.
All the ills which cause
my spirit to be in turmoil
are but proof of my fidelity.
Of which the cause is so beautiful, that
suffering death a hundred times for her
I would not complain.
I have this advantage over other lovers:
That my heart is never dismayed
by its torments.
For the cause of this is so beautiful, that
suffering death a hundred times for her
I would not complain.
Me rende languissant,
Et que plus je soupire,
Plus mon mal va croissant,
La cause en est si belle,
Que souffrant le trespass
Cent fois pour elle, je ne m’en plaindrois pas.
Tous les maux dont se treuve
Mon esprit agité
Ne servent que de prevue
A ma fidélité
Dont la cause est si belle,
Que souffrant le trespass
Cent fois pour elle, je ne m’en plaindrois pas.
J’ay cela d’avantage sur les autres amans
Que jamais mon courage
Ne s’estonne aux tourmens,
Car la cause est si belle,
Que souffrant le trespass
Cent fois pour elle, je ne m’en plaindrois pas.
Although cruel suffering
makes me die slowly and painfully
and the more I sigh,
the more my pain increases,
The cause of this is so beautiful, that
suffering death a hundred times for her
I would not complain.
All the ills which cause
my spirit to be in turmoil
are but proof of my fidelity.
Of which the cause is so beautiful, that
suffering death a hundred times for her
I would not complain.
I have this advantage over other lovers:
That my heart is never dismayed
by its torments.
For the cause of this is so beautiful, that
suffering death a hundred times for her
I would not complain.
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from Divine Amarillis: Airs De Court 1570-1640,
released March 1, 2006
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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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