Ma fin est mon commencement

 Ma fin est mon commencement
 Et mon commencement ma fin

 Est teneüre vraiement
 Ma fin est mon commencement.

 Mes tiers chans trois fois seulement
 Se retrograde et einsi fin.
 Ma fin est mon commencement
 Et mon commencement ma fin.

by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300-1377)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300-1377) , "Ma fin est mon commencement" [three-voice rondeau]

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