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Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder La gracieuse bonne et belle; Pour les grans biens que sont en elle Chascun est prest de la loüer. Qui se pourroit d'elle lasser? Tousjours sa beauté renouvelle. Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder La gracieuse bonne et belle! Par de ça ne de là, la mer Ne scay dame ne damoiselle Qui soit en tous bien parfais telle. C'est ung songe que d'i penser: Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder!
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Authorship:
- by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), "Chanson VI" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ella Georgiyevna Adayevskaya (1846 - 1926), "Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder", 1887-8, published 1900 [ voice and piano ], from Trois rondeaux, no. 1, Milan : Ricordi [sung text not yet checked]
- by Claude Achille Debussy (1862 - 1918), "Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder!", L. 99/(92) no. 1 (1898-1908) [ four-part mixed chorus ], from Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hercule Gilles de Fontenailles (1858 - 1922), "Dieu ! qu'il la fait bon regarder", published 1911 [ voice and piano ], from Quatre chansons de Charles d'Orléans, no. 2, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. [sung text not yet checked]
- by Mervyn, Lord Horder, the Second Baron of Ashford (1910 - 1998), "Dieu, qu'il la fait bon regarder!" [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Vincent d'Indy (1851 - 1931), "Madrigal à deux voix pour soprano et violoncelle", op. 94 (1928), published 1929 [ high voice and cello ], Édition 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Raoul Laparra (1876 - 1943), "Dieu, qu'il la fait bon regarder", published 1924 [ high voice and piano ], from Le Missel Chantant, Suite de mélodies sur de vieilles poésies françaises - 1er volume , no. 9, Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Eugène Sauzay (1809 - 1901), "Chanson Ancienne", published 1886 [ voice, violin, cello, and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Faith J. Cormier) , "God! but she is fair!", copyright © 2001, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Dio! Quale visione", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 77
Dio! Quale visione è la donna onesta e bella; per le grandi virtù che sono in lei ognuno è lesto a lodarla. Chi si potrebbe stancare di lei? Ogni giorno la sua bellezza si rinnova. Dio! Quale visione è la donna onesta e bella; Né su questa, né sull'altra sponda del mare conosco dama o damigella che sia tanto perfetta in ogni cosa. È un sogno soltanto pensarla. Dio! Quale visione!
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- Translation from French (Français) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2007 by Paolo Montanari, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in French (Français) by Charles, Duc d'Orléans (1394 - 1465), "Chanson VI"
This text was added to the website: 2007-06-12
Line count: 13
Word count: 71