Composer |
Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre |
|---|---|
Key |
G major |
Meter |
3/2 → 2/2 |
Length |
12 measures |
French text |
English translation |
|---|---|
Borée |
Boreas |
Me fuirez-vous toujours ? Arrêtez inhumaine. |
Will you forever shun me? Stop, cruel one. |
Votre injuste couroux ne peut-il se calmer ? |
Cannot your unjust wrath be calmed? |
Ah pour mériter votre haine. |
Ah, to deserve your hatred. |
Quel crime ais-je commis, que de vous trop aimer ? |
What crime have I committed, except loving you too dearly? |
Vos mépris, votre indifférence |
Your scorn, your indifference |
Sont-ils le prix de ma constance ? |
Are these the reward for my faithfulness? |
Veronika Anissimova |
“Jacquet de La Guerre’s original score was most likely written in five parts, after the tradition established by Lully. As only Ballard’s partition reduite survives, however, only the upper two instrumental parts and the basse continue are extant.” IMSLP
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