15 Cupid flies everywhere
Cupid flies everywhere
seized by desire
Young men and women
are rightly coupled
The girl without a lover
misses out on all pleasures,
she keeps the dark night
hidden
in the depth of her heart;
it is a most bitter fate
16 Day, night and everything
Day, night and everything
is against me,
the chattering of maidens
makes me weep,
and often sigh,
and, most of all, scares me
O friends, you are making fun of me,
you do not know what you are saying,
spare me, sorrowful as I am,
great is my grief,
advise me at least,
by your honour
Your beautiful face,
makes me weep a thousand times,
your heart is of ice
As a cure,
I would be revived
by a kiss
17 A girl stood
A girl stood
in a red tunic;
if anyone touched it,
the tunic rustled
Eia!
A girl stood
like a little rose:
her face was radiant
and her mouth in bloom
Eia!
18 In my heart
In my heart
there are many sighs
for your beauty,
which wound me sorely Ah!
Mandaliet,
mandaliet,
my lover
does not come
Your eyes shine
like the rays of the sun,
like the flashing of lightening
which brightens the darkness Ah!
Mandaliet,
mandaliet,
my lover
does not come
May God grant, may the gods grant
what I have in mind:
that I may loose
the chains of her virginity Ah!
Mandaliet,
mandaliet,
my lover
does not come
19 If a boy with a girl
If a boy with a girl
tarries in a little room,
happy is their coupling
Love rises up,
and between them
prudery is driven away,
an ineffable game begins
in their limbs, arms and lips
20 Come, come, O come
Come, come, O come,
do not let me die,
hycra, hycre, nazaza,
trillirivos!
Beautiful is your face,
the gleam of your eye,
your braided hair,
what a glorious creature!
redder than the rose,
whiter than the lily,
lovelier than all others,
I shall always glory in you!
21 In the balance
In the wavering balance of my feelings
set against each other
lascivious love and modesty
But I choose what I see,
and submit my neck to the yoke;
I yield to the sweet yoke
22 This is the joyful time
This is the joyful time,
O maidens,
rejoice with them,
young men!
Oh! Oh! Oh!
I am bursting out all over!
I am burning all over with first love!
New, new love is what I am dying of!
I am heartened
by my promise,
I am downcast
by my refusal
Oh! Oh! Oh!
I am bursting out all over!
I am burning all over with first love!
New, new love is what I am dying of!
In the winter
man is patient,
the breath of spring
makes him lust
Oh! Oh! Oh!
I am bursting out all over!
I am burning all over with first love!
New, new love is what I am dying of!
My virginity
makes me frisky,
my simplicity
holds me back
Oh! Oh! Oh!
I am bursting out all over!
I am burning all over with first love!
New, new love is what I am dying of!
Come, my mistress,
with joy,
come, come, my pretty,
I am dying!
Oh! Oh! Oh!
I am bursting out all over!
I am burning all over with first love!
New, new love is what I am dying of!
23 Sweetest one
Sweetest one! Ah!
I give myself to you totally!
24 Hail, most beautiful one
Hail, most beautiful one,
precious jewel,
Hail, pride among virgins,
glorious virgin,
Hail light of the world,
Hail, rose of the world,
Blanchefleur and Helen,
noble Venus