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9. Rondel: «Adieu, Jeunesse, m’amie»








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9. Rondel: «Adieu, Jeunesse, m’amie»

Adieu, Jeunesse, m’amie,
De vous me fault departir.
Plus ne vous puis retenir
Car le temps ne le vuelt mie.

Et sanz vostre compaignie
Ne doit nulz amour servir.
Adieu, Jeunesse, m’amie,
De vous me fault departir.

Helas! tant de bonne vie
Et de gracieux plaisir
Faites a voz genz sentir,
Que c’est bien droit que je die:

Adieu, Jeunesse, m’amie,
De vous me fault departir.
Plus ne vous puis retenir
Car le temps ne le vuelt mie.

Desoremais Merancolie
Me vendra fort assaillir.
Adieu, Jeunesse, m’amie,
De vous me fault departir.

Mais, de vostre druerie
Me lerez le souvenir
En mon cuer pour reverdir
Un joli rains de folie.

Adieu, Jeunesse, m’amie,
De vous me fault departir.
Plus ne vous puis retenir
Car le temps ne le vuelt mie.
 
9. Rondeau: “Farewell Youth, my friend”

Farewell Youth, my friend,
From you I must depart.
I can no longer hold onto you,
For Time wishes it not.

And without your company,
No one ought to serve love.
Farewell Youth, my friend,
From you I must depart.

Alas, you make your servants feel
So much good life
And gracious pleasure
That it is fitting that I say:

Farewell Youth, my friend,
From you I must depart,
I can no longer hold onto you
For Time wishes it not.

From now on, Melancholy
Will inflict its harsh attacks.
Farewell Youth, my friend,
From you I must depart.

But you will leave within my heart
The memory of your gallantry
In order to keep fresh and green
A pretty sprig of foolishness.

Farewell Youth, my friend,
From you I must depart.
I can no longer hold onto you,
For Time wishes it not.
 



























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