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Fesneau/Agricola [att.]. ""Oh how it troubles me!"." Global Medieval Sourcebook.Transcription by Mae Velloso-Lyons .
"Ha qu’il m’ennuye" | "Oh how it troubles me!"
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"Ha qu’il m’ennuye" | "Oh how it troubles me!"
by Fesneau/Agricola [att.]
Text Source:
Chansonnier Nivelle de la Chausée (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département de Musique, Res. Vmc MS 57), ff.79v-80r
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"Ha qu’il m’ennuye" "Oh how it troubles me!"
Ha qu'il menuye Oh how it troubles me!
et que Je me treuve esbahye I find myself astonished
de ce que Je ne vous puis voir that I cannot see you.
mon seul tout vueillez y pourvoir My one and only, please do what is necessary
5
se vous amez moy et ma vie if you love me and my life. Jay des enuis I have troubles
qui me tourmentent jours et nuits tormenting me day and night
tant que Jen suis toute esperdue to such a degree that I feel totally lost
car je ne puis [avoir] plaisir ne nulz de puis for I have not been able to have any joy, nor anything else, since
10
que je vous ay perdu de veue I lost you from my sight. Je nay envye I have no interest in anything
ne mon desir ne my convye nor does desire drive me
puis que mieulx je ne puis avoir because I cannot have anything better
fors de voz nouvelles savoir than news of you,
15
dailleurs ne puis estre esjouye and I cannot be happy otherwise. "Ha qu’il m’ennuye" "Oh how it troubles me!"
Ha qu'il menuye Oh how it troubles me!
et que Je me treuve esbahye I find myself astonished
de ce que Je ne vous puis voir that I cannot see you.
mon seul tout vueillez y pourvoir My one and only, please do what is necessary
5
se vous amez moy et ma vie if you love me and my life. Jay des enuis I have troubles
qui me tourmentent jours et nuits tormenting me day and night
tant que Jen suis toute esperdue to such a degree that I feel totally lost
car je ne puis [avoir] plaisir ne nulz de puis for I have not been able to have any joy, nor anything else, since
10
que je vous ay perdu de veue I lost you from my sight. Je nay envye I have no interest in anything
ne mon desir ne my convye nor does desire drive me
puis que mieulx je ne puis avoir because I cannot have anything better
fors de voz nouvelles savoir than news of you,
15
dailleurs ne puis estre esjouye and I cannot be happy otherwise. Critical Notes
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