LE PLUS BEL DES FLEURS DE LYS ... | OF ALL THE LILIES OF THE FIELD ... |
Christine de Pisan | tr. Sheenagh Pugh |
Le plus bel des fleurs de liz Et cellui qui mieulx on prise A mon gré en toute guise Est cil qui sur yous j'esliz: Car il est jeune et joliz, Doulx, courtois, de haulte prise, Le plus bel des fleurs de liz. Et pour ce je m'embeliz En s'amour, dont suis esprise, Si ne doy estre reprise Se ay choisy, pour tous deliz, Le plus bel des fleurs de liz. |
Of all the lilies of the field fairest, worthiest of praise, at my will in all ways, my choice, unparalleled. Young, beautiful and mild of manner: my courteous prize of all the lilies of the field. And if I bloom, fulfilled in his love; if he is my all, blame me the less that it was him I chose and held of all the lilies of the field. |
Trans. Copyright© Sheenagh Pugh 1999 - publ. seren
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