Pierre Sandrin
(c.1490 - c.1561)

Sandrin : Douce mémoire : illustration

Douce mémoire
(A.T.T.B. (or S.A.T.B.))
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Pub. 1538. This edition is offered at original pitch for A.T.T.B. or transposed up a fourth for S.A.T.B.
Lyrics: François I

Douce mémoire, en plaisir consommée;
O siècle heureux qui cause tel savoir.
La fermetée de nous deux tant aimée,
Qui à nos maux a su si bien pourvoir,
Or maintenant a perdu son pouvoir,
Rompant le but de ma seule espérance,
Servant d'exemple à tous piteux à voir.
Fini le bien, le mal soudain commence.

O sweet remembrance, subsumed in pleasure;
O happy times which spur such appreciation.
The cherished constancy of us two,
Which had been well able to smoothe our woes,
Is now atrophied, alas,
Being an object of desire to me alone;
And serving as an object lesson to all fellow-sufferers.
Good fortune is finished, and misfortunes begin in a rush.