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De triste cuer chanter joyeusement

Christine de Pizan
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“For what would I be otherwise but sport,
In love with one who does not care for me?
I will hide pain in smiles, sooner than be
The common talk. It is a bitter art
To sing a happy song with a sad heart.”

Christine de Pizan De triste cuer chanter joyeusement

Car en mon cuer porte couvertement<br>Le dueil qui soit qui plus me puet desplaire,<br>Et si me fault, pour les gens faire taire,<br>Rire en plorant et très amerement<br>De triste cuer chanter joyeusement. <br class="br">Rondeau &quot;De triste cuer chanter joyeusement&quot;, line 8; Maurice Roy (ed.) Œuvres Poétiques de Christine de Pisan (1886) vol. 1, p. 154, as translated by http://www.brindin.com/pfpistri.htm by Sheenagh Pugh.

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