? Besancourt
 (fl.1545 - 1550)

Que le sommeil à la mort soit semblant
 (S.A.T.B. (or A.T.T.B.))
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Pub. 1549. This edition is offered at original pitch (high chiavette) for S.A.T.B. or transposed down a fourth for A.T.T.B.
Lyrics: Anon

Que le sommeil à la mort soit semblant!
Que le veiller de vie ait le semblant!
Je ne le dis et je crois moins encore;
Ou s'il est vrai puisque le jour me nuit
Plus que la mort. O mort, veillez donc ores
Clore mes yeux d'une éternelle nuit.

How sleep resembles death!
How wakefulness resembles life!
I don't say this, and believe it still less;
Or if it's true until daytime harms me
More than death. O death, wake now therefore
To shut my eyes in never-ending night.