Douce Dame Jolie

Sweet Beautiful Lady

Douce Dame Jolie

Sweet beautiful ladyDouce dame jolie
Do not think at allPour dieu ne pensés mie
That anyone has dominionQue nulle ait signorie
Over me except you aloneSeur moy fors vous seulement

That always without deceitQu'adès sans tricherie
DearChierie
I have you and humblyVous ay et humblement
Every day of my lifeTous les jours de ma vie
ServedServie
Without vile thoughtSans villain pensement
Alas! And I begHelas! Et je mendie
For hope and helpD'esperance et d'aïe
From which my joy is goneDont ma joie est fenie
If pity does not take youSe pité ne vous en prent
Sweet beautiful ladyDouce dame jolie

But your sweet masteryMais vo douce maistrie
MasteryMaistrie
So harshlyMon cuer si durement
Controls itQu'elle le contralie
And bindsEt lie
In love so muchEn amour tellement
That it desires nothingQu'il n'a de riens envie
Except to be in your careFors d'estre en vo baillie
And if it does not grant itEt se ne li ottrie
Your heart no reliefVos cuers nul aligement
Sweet beautiful ladyDouce dame jolie

And when my illnessEt quant ma maladie
Is curedGarie
In no wayNe sera nullement
Without you, sweet enemySans vous, douce anemie
Who is happyQui lie
About my tormentEstes de mon tourment
With joined hands I prayA jointes mains deprie
Your heart, since it forgets meVo cuer, puis qu'il m'oublie
That it mercifully kills meQue temprement m'ocie
For I have languished too longCar trop langui longuement
Sweet beautiful ladyDouce dame jolie
Do not think at allPour dieu ne pensés mie
That anyone has dominionQue nulle ait signorie
Over me except you aloneSeur moy fors vous seulement