Songs

Amours, u trop tart me sui pris,
Love, to which I have been drawn so late,
M'a par sa signourie apris,
Has instructed me by its nobility,
Douce dame de paradys,
Dear lady of paradise,
Ke de vous voeill un cant canter:
To wish to sing a song of you:
Pour la joie ki puet durer
For everlasting joy
Vous doit on servir et amer.
It is you one should serve and love.

Et pour çou ke nus n'a mespris
For there is no one who has erred
Tant vers vo fill n'en fais n'en dis,
Toward your son, however greatly, in word or deed—
S'il s'est en vo service mis,
Provided he has turned to serving you—
Ke vous ne.l faciés racorder:
Whom you would not reconcile with Him:
Pour la joie ki puet durer
For everlasting joy
Vous doit on servir et amer.
It is you one should serve and love.

Virge roïne, flours de lis,
Virgin queen, lily flower,
Com li hom a de ses delis
The great delight one feels
Ki de vous amer est espris,
When enflamed with love for you,
Nus hom ne.l saroit reconter:
No one could recount:
Pour le joie ki puet durer
For everlasting joy
Vous doit on servir et amer.
It is you one should serve and love.

Mout fu li vaissiaus bien eslis,
The vessel was indeed well chosen,
Douce damë, u Sains Espris
Dear lady, in which the Holy Spirit
Fu .ix. mois tous entiers nouris:
Was nourished for nine full months:
Ce fu vos cuers, dame sans per;
It was your heart, peerless lady;
Pour la joie ki puet durer
For everlasting joy
Vous doit on servir et amer.
It is you one should serve and love.