Must I part, O my jewel? (George Kirbye)
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- Editor: Vince M. Brennan (submitted 2005-11-15). Score information: Letter, 13 pages Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Copyright (c) 2004 V. M. Brennan
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Title: Must I part, o my Jewel?
Composer: George Kirbye
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1597
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Original text and translations
English text
Must I part, O, my Jewel, hapless from my fair Sun,
whose beams me nourish?
Alas, who now comforteth, alas, or doth me cherish?
Pained with grief so cruel, O, if it so must needs be,
my wicked Fortune, how can she further harm me?
O, if it so must needs be, my wicked Fortune,
how can she further harm me?