Jacques Buus
(c.1500 - 1565)

Voici le temps
(S.S.A.T.T.B. (or A.A.T.T.B.B.))
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149109 : Buus : Voici le temps : sheet music
Catalogued as Choral - Secular (Chansons)

Publ. Venice, 1543. This edition is offered at original pitch (high chiavette) for S.S.A.T.T.B. or transposed down a fourth for A.A.T.T.B.B.
Lyrics: Anon

Voici le temps d'être joyeux,
avant coeur langoureux
laissez d'aimer le grief tourment
qu'amour de dames donne souvent
au vrais amants; chose cruelle.
Prenez conseil, soyez fidèle,
voici le temps, ne suivez plus.

Ne suivez plus que vous désirez
et vous fuit pour faire martire.
Voici le temps: suivez l'amour qui donne confort,
joyeusement vivant sans tort.
Prenez courage, soyez déchet,
buvant ce joli vin clairet d'autant.

Now is the time to be joyful,
before you allow a languid heart
to love the tormenting sorrow
that fondness for the ladies often bestows
on true lovers; a cruel thing.
Take counsel, be faithful,
now is the time to follow no longer.

No longer follow what you desire
as it escapes you and makes you a martyr.
Now is the time to follow the love that gives comfort,
to live joyfully, doing no wrong.
Take courage, get wasted,
drinking all the more of this excellent claret.