J'ay de vous voir (Orlando di Lasso)

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• (Posted 2014-09-16)  CPDL #32960:            (Finale 2004)

Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2014-09-16).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 48 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed down from a-minor.

General Information

Title: J'ay de vous voir
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist: Joachim du Bellay

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Chanson

Language: French
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1584 in Continuation du mellange, no. 10
    2nd published: 1585 in Vingtcinqieme livre d'airs et chansons (Le Roy & Ballard), no. 4
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Original text and translations

French text J'ay de vous voir beaucoup plus grand' envie Qu'un prisonnier d'avoir sa liberté, N'y qu'un aveugle a d'avoir la clarté, N'y qu'un mourant de se revoir en vie.

English translation For a glimpse of you I’ve much greater yearning Than a forlorn prisoner has to be free, Or than a wretched blind man has to see, Or than one dying has for life returning. Translation by Thomas Daughton