“Ay mi, dame de valour”, Gillaume de Machaut | TENET Vocal Artists
Estampie after Machaut, Dame vostre doulz viaire by Debra Nagy
1:56 - “Ay mi, dame de valour”, Gillaume de Machaut (c. 1300 - 1377)
The Cycle of Invention: The Next Generation
May 5, 2017
Tenri Cultural Institute, NYC
Jolle Greenleaf, soprano
Virginia Warnken Kelsey, mezzo soprano
Jason McStoots, Owen McIntosh, tenors
Debra Nagy, winds
Strings: Scott Metcalfe, vielle
Charles Weaver, lute
Translation:
Ah me, worthy lady
whom I love and desire,
from you comes the pain
which makes me languish.
Most gentle creature,
how can your tender sweetness
be so hard towards me.
when I have given you my heart, my body,
and my love, without reward
and without regret?
Yet you make me languish,
on account of which I fear I will die.
Ah me, worthy lady...
And all due to an unjust accusation,
noble lady, full of honor,
I am in distress,
for never did I seek dishonor
for you, rather without rest
I have done your swe