Mille Regretz is a French chanson which in its 4 part setting is usually credited to Josquin. Its plangent simplicity made it a popular basis for reworkings (such as the mass setting by Cristobal Morales, and the 6vv (SATTBB) setting by Nicolas Gombert), as well as more recent sets of variations and threnody. Translations of the song differ in their interpretation of the words 'fache/face amoureuse' in line 2. (variously 'amorous anger' or 'loving face'.) Chanson is a French word for song, and in English-language contexts is often applied to any song with French words, particularly a cabaret song. ... Josquin Des Prez Josquin Des Prez (diminutive of Joseph; latinized Josquinus Pratensis) (c. ... Cristóbal de Morales (c. ... Nicolas Gombert (c. ... A threnody is a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person (synonyms include dirge, coronach, lament, elegy, and requiem). ...

'Mille regretz de vous abandonner

Et d'eslonger vostre fache amoureuse,

Jay si grand dueil et paine douloureuse,

Quon me verra brief mes jours definer.'

'A thousand regrets at deserting you

and leaving behind your loving face,

I feel so much sadness and such painful distress,

that it seems to me my days will soon dwindle away.'

(Translation from David Dzubay's Threnody on the theme)