Julian Bream, The Julian Bream Consort

John Dowland (1563-1626), "Now, O Now, I Need Must Part"



Now, oh, now I needs must part,
Parting tho' I absent mourn;
Abscence can no joy impart;
Joy once fled cannot return.

Sad dispair doth drive me hence
This dispair unkindness sends.
If that parting be offence,
It is she which then offends.

While I live I needs must love;
Love lives not when hope is gone,
Now at last despair doth prove:
Love divided loveth none.

Sad dispair doth drive me hence
This dispair unkindness sends.
If that parting be offence,
It is she which then offends.