Guillaume Dufay: La belle se siet

A fair maid sits at the foot of the tower
and weeps and sighs and grieves full sore.
Her father asks her: 'What is it, daughter?
Do you want a husband,of do you want a lord?'
'I do not want a husband, I do not want a lord,
I want my true love who pines in the tower!'
'By God, dear daugther, he will not be yours,
for tomorrow he will be hung at dawn!'
'Father, if they hang him, bury me underneath,
and people will say: '"This is true love!"'

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Flemish
• polyphony

[p0lyph0nyXX]

Could you tell me who's performing? They do a really lovely job, particularly in their declamation of "Son pere luy demande..." (and the other lines set to that peculiar music). In any case, thanks much for the upload.