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| Christine de Pisan | tr. A.S.Kline |
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Se souvent vais au moustier C’est tout pour veoir la belle Fresche com rose nouvelle. D’en parler n’est nul mestier, Pour quoy fait on tel nouvelle Se souvent vais au moustier? Il n’est voye ne sentier Ou je voise que pour elle; Folz est qui fol m’en appelle Se souvent vais au moustier. |
If I often go to church today, It’s to see that girl so good, Fresh as a new rosebud. What does anyone need to say: Why such a stirring of mud, If I often go to church today? There’s no path, no right of way, I take but for her, or would: Fools call me fool, understood, If I often go to church today. |
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Trans. Copyright© A.S.Kline 2005