Adieu mes amours (Josquin des Prez)

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CPDL #13624: 

Editor: Christoph Dalitz (added 2007-02-20).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 80 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Based on Petrucci's edition "Odhecaton A" with additional information used from Spinacino's and Newsidler lute intabulations. Includes explanatory notes about the edition.

General Information

Title: Adieu mes amours
Composer: Josquin Des Prez

Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Chansons
Language: French
Instruments: a capella
Published: 1504

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Original text and translations

French text

Adieu mes amours, a Dieu vous command,

Adieu je vous dy jusquez au printemps

Je suis en souci de quoy je vivray

La raison pour quoy je le vous diray :

Je n’ay plus d’argent, vivray je du vent,

Se l’argent du roy ne vient plus souvent.

English translation

Farewell my loves, to God I commend you.

Farewell I say until the Spring.

I am worried about what I shall live on.

The reason why? I will tell you:

I have no more money. Shall I live on air,

if the king’s money does not come more often?