Douce Dame Jolie - Margaret Davis

beautiful medieval song from the 14th century, by the French composer Guillaume de Machaut , performed by Margaret Davis...with lyrics:


Full [old]French lyrics Douce dame jolie, Pour dieu ne pensés mie Que nulle ait signorie Seur moy fors vous seulement. Qu'adès sans tricherie Chierie Vous ay et humblement Tous les jours de ma vie Servie Sans villain pensement. Helas! et je mendie D'esperance et d'aïe; Dont ma joie est fenie, Se pité ne vous en prent. Douce dame jolie... Mais vo douce maistrie Maistrie Mon cuer si durement Qu'elle le contralie Et lie En amour tellement Qu'il n'a de riens envie Fors d'estre en vo baillie; Et se ne li ottrie Vos cuers nul aligement. Douce dame jolie... Et quant ma maladie Garie Ne sera nullement Sans vous, douce anemie, Qui lie Estes de mon tourment, A jointes mains deprie Vo cuer, puis qu'il m'oublie, Que temprement m'ocie, Car trop langui longuement. Douce dame jolie...

From: http://www.medieval.org/emfaq/composers/machaut/v4.html

English translation: Sweet, lovely lady for god's sake do not think that any has sovereignty over my heart, but you alone. For always, without treachery Cherished Have I you, and humbly All the days of my life Served Without base thoughts. Alas, I am left begging For hope and relief; For my joy is at its end Without your compassion. Sweet, lovely lady.... But your sweet mastery Masters My heart so harshly, Tormenting it And binding In unbearable love, [My heart] desires nothing but to be in your power. And still, your own heart renders it no relief. Sweet, lovely lady.... And since my malady Will not Be annulled Without you, Sweet Enemy, Who takes Delight of my torment With clasped hands I beseech Your heart, that forgets me, That it mercifully kill me For too long have I languished.

This song is taken from the CD "Princess of Flowers," which can be purchased from Flowinglass Music at the following website:
http://www.flowinglass.com/princess/disc.html

Category:

Music

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• medieval
• song
• douce
• dame
• jolie
• margaret
• davis
• Flowinglass
• Music

[oepsewoeps]

J'adore le Moyen-Âge. C'est très mysterieux, ce chant, non? Merveilleux!

Merci

[kallistene40]

Amazing interpretation. Thank you !

[Petraphage]

Peut-être un peu rapide pour une chanson d'amour, mais pas inintéressant...

[Killerjsa]

Superbe interpretation, celle çi est ma préferé ! :)

[daktirak1986]

Cette musique se trouve dans la BO du jeu Anno 1503 mais avec des instruments à vent celtique.

[erathrim]

@kallistene40 Interpretation ?

It's a French song.

[MaliKahn]

Plus anyway, music in the ancient times was different than what people think today...i'm not very into middle age, but I do play Renaissance music, and though almost all the songs are lovers complaints, yet not all of them are sad or slow...in fact, the very same song can be played rapidly or slowly, and both work perfectly well.

[MaliKahn]

The essence of music is precisely to keep everything as free and lively as possible. Of course there are codes, things to be expected...but then again you have to limit the rules, because too many rules would limit the music so much that it wouldn't be music anymore.

[latjolajban81]

I'd say this is a very good interpretation. But saying it can't be sung so quick is being pretty narrowminded. Singing "fast" about love or anything is nothing new. What would you say if in 500 years you would here Lady Madonna in 20 beats per minute because the lyrics "are so religiously delicate it can't possibly have been sung quickly". Or any fast song about love or anything.

[starbreez3]

too fast, this sounds so oriental

[frenchiecocorico1]

It rocks. Unfortunately they've forgot to add electric guitars, electric organ and drums

[boniface23]

Awful voice ? I don't think so.

A very plaisant interpretation, wih is no longer, it's true, a lamentation.

Please excuse my lack of vocabalury :)