Music by John Dowland, vocals by Farya Faraji. This is a song from renowned lute player and composer John Dowland (c. 1563-1626), one of the foremost composer of English Renaissance music. Typical of Renaissance music of this era, the arrangement is highly complex and features multiple interwoven melodic lines-what we call polyphony. The identity of the lyricist is unkown, and it is assumed that the melody was written independently from the text and that the latter was adapted to the melody later due to the unusual stress patterns that do no match the normal pronunciation of the words. I didn’t have time to learn this era’s pronunciation so I chose to go with the contemporary conventional pronunciation used by English singers of the Early Music repertoire-a sort of heightened version of Received Pronunciation, with more exaggerated vowel qualities, like more rounded vowel sounds, and R’s pronounced as alveolar taps or trills; a similar pronunciation is used in English opera also. Lyrics: Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue’s cloak? Shall I call her good when she proves unkind? Are those clear fires which vanish into smoke? Must I praise the leaves where no fruit I find? No, no; where shadows do for bodies stand, That may’st be abus’d if thy sight be dim. Cold love is like to words written on sand, Or to bubbles which on the water swim. Wilt thou be thus abused still, Seeing that she will right thee never? If thou canst not o’ercome her will, Thy love will be thus fruitless ever. Was I so base, that I might not aspire Unto those high joys which she holds from me? As they are high, so high is my desire, If she this deny, what can granted be? If she will yield to that which reason is, It is reason’s will that love should be just. Dear, make me happy still by granting this, Or cut off delays if that I die must. Better a thousand times to die Than for to love thus still tormented: Dear, but remember it was I Who for thy sake did die contented.
Some say the Renaissance era continued until the early 17th century (e.g c.1620) while others maintain that it only ended around c.1599 before the start of the 17th century. If categorizing historical time periods is based on the change of culture, I personally think that the Renaissance started around the late 1480s and ended around approximately the early 1530s while the Mannerist Era started in either the 1540s or the 1550s and ended around the late 1610s. Even other time periods of history still have blurry undefined borders such as when did the Middle Ages end or when did the Classical Antiquity really start. I really do like your pronounciation of Early Modern English even if it still has flaws.
@@greygamertales1293 We do have a defined border for when the Middle Ages ended tho. And also the Renaissance is not comparable to the Middle Ages since one is an historical era while the other is an artistic/scientific/cultural era.
@@greygamertales1293 Indeed the time borders of the Renaissance are especially blurry compared to other eras. As for the accent, it’s not attempted Early Modern pronunciation, it’s the conventional form of RP used in England for this repertoire and opera, it’s an entirely contemporary accent :)
Tenho a mesma suspeita. Vi ele cantar em galego-português (na Cantiga 235, se não me engano) durante 20 minutos com uma acuracidade tamanha, que fiquei espantado!
@@faryafaraji isso já é um talento e tanto, ter o capacidade de adaptar a movimentação e o ar da sua fala à línguas estrangeiras é sensacional. Até hoje, como um brasileiro falante de português e já acostumado com o inglês, não consigo pronunciar o TH, assim como não noto diferença em A e E em palavras como Man e Men.
Without a doubt, you are the best Troubadour of these times, you relate your musical poetry in a masterful way, the song lyrics shine in an incandescent way...!!!
Very nice rendition. This was also done as a dance form called a galliard - three low hops, a leap, and a hop. It could be done in place facing a partner, or with a partner processing around the hall.
Beloved, he returns once more to flex on us by parroting different accents. Nice, short and sweet this time around. Lovely summer time piece too I think :)
Speechless... You're born with all the talent. As we say in Romanian "Când te-ai născut, s-a dat tot talentul la tine" "When you were born, all the talent has been given to you"
I suppose it was time for a tune that William Shakespeare would have hummed while scribbling his notes in a tavern by The Globe Theatre. Farya cuts the fine English bardic figure here.
Thank you for including lyrics and description in every single video, I appreciate them as much as I appreciate the songs 💖💖 I swear you and Light in Babylon are all I listen to these days ✨✨❤️✨✨
Thanks so much for the support! And btw, I just finished filming the clip for Passacaglia della vita this morning, you introduced me to the song first so it’s all thanks to you!
God bless the algorithm. God bless creators like you. Your work is so wholesome and your passion shines through in every song you make. Keep up the good work! From the land down under!
I'm beginning to think this guy is like maybe the legendary Count of St. Germain who was supposed to be a talented well learned mysterious immortal gentlemen who was theorized to be like an ancient alchemist who discovered the secret to immortality. He's lived in all these places and times and studied/influenced the music everywhere. Dude was like a biblical character originally like Enoch or someone. Or maybe an ancient Persian or Assyrian king/prophet/priest. Dude wrote things lost in the library of Alexandria. Or maybe just a time traveler. Probably all of the above.
This was an exceptional performance. The cinematography, the music, your singing, everything is absolutely wonderful; bravo! You now have a new subscriber. Thank you for sharing your amazing gifts with the World. Keep up the good work!
When the Persian guy hits "Google translate- English" so hard he ends up travelling 400 years in the past. 😄 As a poet- thanks for preserving my culture and many others.
Have you ever thought of having a account on a music streaming plateform like deezer ? i really enjoy listenning to your music and it would be a bless to be able to listen to it while on the go
Farya selamlar, Türkçe biliyorsun diye hatırlıyorum. Bizim de yöresel türkülerimiz çoktur, onlardan bir tanesini seçip sesinle ona hayat verme imkanın var mı? Dokuz Oğuz çok güzel olmuştu.
Farya ji, I deeply admire your work, also being a fan of the Fiechter brothers and Tartalo. I live in a small town in Brazil, earning half a minimum wage, but once I get a computer set, I want to start creating music, specially medieval, Roman, world themed music and also ambient music, and I want to start this out of a hobby (I work in a library). What advice could you give me? I love your work and my favorite song from you is the XIV Legio one. Thanks for the attention. :)
Wanna know if you are ruined by the internet quickly ? I couldn't appeciate the beuty of this song the first 2 times because whenever I hear the "Was I so base ?" part it makes me laugh like a maniac.
0:20 This is Celtis (occidentalis, probably), and it does have fruit, edible and quite tasty even. I can see though why a man blinded by love would not find them, they are rather small :D
@@faryafaraji Yes! Once he becometh aware of the fruit veiled behind the leaves, he shall find the love he aspireth so dearly ;D Honestly, these small, unassuming berries are surprisingly sweet and worth a try, I recommend you try them next time!
Coucou Farya ! Je venais te demander si tu connais les différences entre la musique iranienne et indienne ? Je me demande aussi si la séparation Aryen/Tamoules et Musulmanes/Hindoues a une quelconque influence sur les pratiques musicales des différentes régions du pays ?
Oui certainement! La différence entre la musique Iranienne et Indienne est d’après plus forte que la relation musicale Arabo-Turco-Iranienne, probablement dû au degré de contact géographique différent. En ce qui concerne l’Inde elle même, chaque région a son propre style très distinct, mais généralement la distinction majeure est faite entre les styles Hindustani et Carnatique, qui correspondent au nord et au sud du pays, et donc qui correspondent à un certain degré à la division linguistique Aryenne-Dravidienne, quoique que je doute que ca y joue un rôle immense. Après pour la question Musulmane/Hindoue, ca revient à la région; donc les chants sufi musulmans Qawwali sont essentiellement la même musique Punjab Hindoue des Punjab en Inde, dû à la connection Punjab commune
@@faryafaraji D'accord merci beaucoup ! Oui pour la division je pense que c'est plus des raisons civilisationnelles qui ont mené à des différences dans la musique. Est-ce que tu prévois de produire de la musique indienne un jour ou est-ce trop lointain de tes connaissances actuelles?
@@zelianwaeckerle5292 J’ai produit un seul morceau à date, assez généraliste et qui mélange les inspirations locales. Je pense en produire plus, dans l’avenir, mais il me faut encore étudier un peu plus parce que je ne saisis pas entièrement le style à ce stade-ci
Yea an english accent is hard to do id know as a texan cuz what we speak and they speak are 2 worlds across. However other than the accent being out of place you have nailed it. Im curious here. Where did you get your education from nailing things completely out of place especially where you come from takes some serious education.
Music by John Dowland, vocals by Farya Faraji. This is a song from renowned lute player and composer John Dowland (c. 1563-1626), one of the foremost composer of English Renaissance music. Typical of Renaissance music of this era, the arrangement is highly complex and features multiple interwoven melodic lines-what we call polyphony. The identity of the lyricist is unkown, and it is assumed that the melody was written independently from the text and that the latter was adapted to the melody later due to the unusual stress patterns that do no match the normal pronunciation of the words.
I didn’t have time to learn this era’s pronunciation so I chose to go with the contemporary conventional pronunciation used by English singers of the Early Music repertoire-a sort of heightened version of Received Pronunciation, with more exaggerated vowel qualities, like more rounded vowel sounds, and R’s pronounced as alveolar taps or trills; a similar pronunciation is used in English opera also.
Lyrics:
Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue’s cloak?
Shall I call her good when she proves unkind?
Are those clear fires which vanish into smoke?
Must I praise the leaves where no fruit I find?
No, no; where shadows do for bodies stand,
That may’st be abus’d if thy sight be dim.
Cold love is like to words written on sand,
Or to bubbles which on the water swim.
Wilt thou be thus abused still,
Seeing that she will right thee never?
If thou canst not o’ercome her will,
Thy love will be thus fruitless ever.
Was I so base, that I might not aspire
Unto those high joys which she holds from me?
As they are high, so high is my desire,
If she this deny, what can granted be?
If she will yield to that which reason is,
It is reason’s will that love should be just.
Dear, make me happy still by granting this,
Or cut off delays if that I die must.
Better a thousand times to die
Than for to love thus still tormented:
Dear, but remember it was I
Who for thy sake did die contented.
Some say the Renaissance era continued until the early 17th century (e.g c.1620) while others maintain that it only ended around c.1599 before the start of the 17th century. If categorizing historical time periods is based on the change of culture, I personally think that the Renaissance started around the late 1480s and ended around approximately the early 1530s while the Mannerist Era started in either the 1540s or the 1550s and ended around the late 1610s. Even other time periods of history still have blurry undefined borders such as when did the Middle Ages end or when did the Classical Antiquity really start. I really do like your pronounciation of Early Modern English even if it still has flaws.
@@greygamertales1293 We do have a defined border for when the Middle Ages ended tho. And also the Renaissance is not comparable to the Middle Ages since one is an historical era while the other is an artistic/scientific/cultural era.
@@greygamertales1293 Indeed the time borders of the Renaissance are especially blurry compared to other eras. As for the accent, it’s not attempted Early Modern pronunciation, it’s the conventional form of RP used in England for this repertoire and opera, it’s an entirely contemporary accent :)
@@joundii3100 How would we have a defined border for the end of the middle ages? Do you mean Columbus' voyage?
@@robinrehlinghaus1944 Yes. 1492 is the end of the Middle Ages.
At this point i believe this man just speaks all languages on this world without a flaw.
He was simply born without the Curse of Babel
Tenho a mesma suspeita. Vi ele cantar em galego-português (na Cantiga 235, se não me engano) durante 20 minutos com uma acuracidade tamanha, que fiquei espantado!
I’m honestly horrible at learning languages but I’m just a good parrot when it comes to accent imitation lol
@@faryafaraji isso já é um talento e tanto, ter o capacidade de adaptar a movimentação e o ar da sua fala à línguas estrangeiras é sensacional. Até hoje, como um brasileiro falante de português e já acostumado com o inglês, não consigo pronunciar o TH, assim como não noto diferença em A e E em palavras como Man e Men.
@@theshadowsagas3617 built different
Me and the boys be jamming this back in the 1500s. Good times 😢
beat would drop harder than Charles I’s head
@@faryafaraji too soon
@@faryafaraji If you keep making such insensitive comments, Farya, heads are gonna roll.
pleasant to hear such a full and rich baritone
Without a doubt, you are the best Troubadour of these times, you relate your musical poetry in a masterful way, the song lyrics shine in an incandescent way...!!!
Agreed!
Oh mignonne!!😊
Very nice rendition. This was also done as a dance form called a galliard - three low hops, a leap, and a hop. It could be done in place facing a partner, or with a partner processing around the hall.
Beloved, he returns once more to flex on us by parroting different accents. Nice, short and sweet this time around. Lovely summer time piece too I think :)
Speechless...
You're born with all the talent.
As we say in Romanian
"Când te-ai născut, s-a dat tot talentul la tine"
"When you were born, all the talent has been given to you"
Finally a song that you dont have to put a translation for in the description.
Another Farya banger.
Changed my whole mood.
Pretty cool how we can relate with this song as they did in Renaissance period. The beard style is such a nice flex.
Banger. Absolute drip btw
I might have drip but your username is the biggest banger of all
@@faryafaraji ruclips.net/video/Sv8LHpezbLw/видео.html
I suppose it was time for a tune that William Shakespeare would have hummed while scribbling his notes in a tavern by The Globe Theatre.
Farya cuts the fine English bardic figure here.
В те времена многие чуваки были так одеты
This is truly a man of many talents.
Thank you for including lyrics and description in every single video, I appreciate them as much as I appreciate the songs 💖💖 I swear you and Light in Babylon are all I listen to these days ✨✨❤️✨✨
Thanks so much for the support! And btw, I just finished filming the clip for Passacaglia della vita this morning, you introduced me to the song first so it’s all thanks to you!
@@faryafaraji Oh my god, I'm so excited!!! Thank you SO MUCH!
The scenery and costumes are just so beautiful and exquisite!
This song and it’s lyrics speak to me soul in an odd way. Great rendition!
Not only the song, but the filming is absolutely magnificent!
Thanks alot Bob!
God bless the algorithm. God bless creators like you.
Your work is so wholesome and your passion shines through in every song you make.
Keep up the good work!
From the land down under!
I'm beginning to think this guy is like maybe the legendary Count of St. Germain who was supposed to be a talented well learned mysterious immortal gentlemen who was theorized to be like an ancient alchemist who discovered the secret to immortality. He's lived in all these places and times and studied/influenced the music everywhere. Dude was like a biblical character originally like Enoch or someone. Or maybe an ancient Persian or Assyrian king/prophet/priest. Dude wrote things lost in the library of Alexandria. Or maybe just a time traveler. Probably all of the above.
Amazing. I listen to your music every single day for a year now. Honest. That's how important your art is
This was an exceptional performance. The cinematography, the music, your singing, everything is absolutely wonderful; bravo! You now have a new subscriber. Thank you for sharing your amazing gifts with the World. Keep up the good work!
Amazing Farya ❤
Renaissance, but especially Reformation, music is a highly underrated musical genre. Look into Dutch and Swedish music from that period.
Also, Finnish Barocco music is incredibly good
Another great song. How can you speak so many languages so fluently? I am impressed by your talent.
What a lovely cloth!
another fine piece of yours mate 👍
Unexpected but interesting to hear something in a language I can understand lol, also nice mustache.
Well done, Sir!
Only 16th century kids will understand my taste in music
When the Persian guy hits "Google translate- English" so hard he ends up travelling 400 years in the past. 😄
As a poet- thanks for preserving my culture and many others.
This was beautiful, Thank you!
Farya is Vlad Dracula confirmed 🧛
Wow, this video is gorgeous!
What a great voice you have.
farya the bard
Beautiful song, greetings from México
thank you :D
Someone needs to cover this Renaissance song and make it into a hard rock song! Renaissance Rock. Sounds catchy.
Check out Sting’s excellent version, although he still uses a Renaissance instrument it’s almost rock in style
@@faryafaraji Oh thank the lord! There's a cover of it? That's great to hear.
Cara tu é muito bom 👏🏻👏🏻
Late renaissance artist Faraji.
Great song! Unrelated but would you be able to do a throat singing tutorial at some point? Can't manage to learn it for the life of me lol
Love is such a jail when only one-way round.
When you send this song to a fair maiden, how could she not birth you many heirs?
Varia, owner of world music 🌹🌹
Have you ever thought of having a account on a music streaming plateform like deezer ?
i really enjoy listenning to your music and it would be a bless to be able to listen to it while on the go
Farya selamlar, Türkçe biliyorsun diye hatırlıyorum. Bizim de yöresel türkülerimiz çoktur, onlardan bir tanesini seçip sesinle ona hayat verme imkanın var mı? Dokuz Oğuz çok güzel olmuştu.
Farya ji, I deeply admire your work, also being a fan of the Fiechter brothers and Tartalo. I live in a small town in Brazil, earning half a minimum wage, but once I get a computer set, I want to start creating music, specially medieval, Roman, world themed music and also ambient music, and I want to start this out of a hobby (I work in a library).
What advice could you give me? I love your work and my favorite song from you is the XIV Legio one. Thanks for the attention. :)
Копить тебе придется и до дня смерти и После
Good luck with your ambitions! I hope Farya sees this :)
The men of the English Renaissance really knew how to complain about women not putting out [g] I love Dowland a bunch
Holy shit, I never heard this dude speak English
Nice work, but I still wait for more Roman (or Byzantine) songs ;)
Never thought i'd see an iranian in that euro medieval costume bruh
(Iranian myself)
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wanna know if you are ruined by the internet quickly ?
I couldn't appeciate the beuty of this song the first 2 times because whenever I hear the "Was I so base ?" part it makes me laugh like a maniac.
Someone better tell John he wasn’t too base for that gal, he was too BASED for her
I know you said you wanted to do all the south Slavic languages at least once so wanted to suggest Naprej Zastava Slave for Slovenia
0:20 This is Celtis (occidentalis, probably), and it does have fruit, edible and quite tasty even. I can see though why a man blinded by love would not find them, they are rather small :D
Aaah so there’s hope for John’s love after all!
@@faryafaraji Yes! Once he becometh aware of the fruit veiled behind the leaves, he shall find the love he aspireth so dearly ;D
Honestly, these small, unassuming berries are surprisingly sweet and worth a try, I recommend you try them next time!
Goes hard
Çok güzel müzikleriniz var emeğinize sağlık Osmanlı müziklerini de bekleriz 😊
Coucou Farya ! Je venais te demander si tu connais les différences entre la musique iranienne et indienne ? Je me demande aussi si la séparation Aryen/Tamoules et Musulmanes/Hindoues a une quelconque influence sur les pratiques musicales des différentes régions du pays ?
Oui certainement! La différence entre la musique Iranienne et Indienne est d’après plus forte que la relation musicale Arabo-Turco-Iranienne, probablement dû au degré de contact géographique différent.
En ce qui concerne l’Inde elle même, chaque région a son propre style très distinct, mais généralement la distinction majeure est faite entre les styles Hindustani et Carnatique, qui correspondent au nord et au sud du pays, et donc qui correspondent à un certain degré à la division linguistique Aryenne-Dravidienne, quoique que je doute que ca y joue un rôle immense. Après pour la question Musulmane/Hindoue, ca revient à la région; donc les chants sufi musulmans Qawwali sont essentiellement la même musique Punjab Hindoue des Punjab en Inde, dû à la connection Punjab commune
@@faryafaraji D'accord merci beaucoup ! Oui pour la division je pense que c'est plus des raisons civilisationnelles qui ont mené à des différences dans la musique.
Est-ce que tu prévois de produire de la musique indienne un jour ou est-ce trop lointain de tes connaissances actuelles?
@@zelianwaeckerle5292 J’ai produit un seul morceau à date, assez généraliste et qui mélange les inspirations locales. Je pense en produire plus, dans l’avenir, mais il me faut encore étudier un peu plus parce que je ne saisis pas entièrement le style à ce stade-ci
@@faryafaraji pls do it I'll be blessedfull , I'm waiting for ancient Indian songs too.❤️
God I wish I could roll my R’s
Swag for boys Renaissance for mens
EARLY
Bro pls make another indian music
Yea an english accent is hard to do id know as a texan cuz what we speak and they speak are 2 worlds across. However other than the accent being out of place you have nailed it. Im curious here. Where did you get your education from nailing things completely out of place especially where you come from takes some serious education.
Is the english of the song really that modern?
stop simping bro
No
damn he just spat fire in clothes of a noble and then the camera panned out
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