I rode out the other morning;
by a wood, quite near to the entrance,
I found a delightful shepherdess.
I have never seen since
either one so full of pleasure
or one who pleased me so well.
My very sweet sister,
you have my whole heart,
I will not leave you at any price;
I have given you my love.
I drew towards her, and so dismounted to the ground
to beg her and ask her for her love.
I said to her straightaway:
‘I have set my heart upon you,
love of you has smitten me so,
I love you more than any creature born’.
My very sweet sister,
you have my whole heart,
I will not leave you at any price;
I have given you my love.
She said to me: ‘Sir, go your way!
See here how Robin comes for whom I was waiting,
who is fair and pleasing.
If he comes you will not
get away, I think;
you will quickly have a brawl’.
My very sweet sister,
you have my whole heart,
I will not leave you at any price;
I have given you my love.
‘He will not come yet, fair sister,
for he is beyond the wood playing his bagpipe.’
I sat next to her,
put my arm around her neck;
she smiled
and said that she was done for.
My very sweet sister,
you have my whole heart,
I will not leave you at any price;
I have given you my love.
When I had done all that I wished with her,
I kissed her and bid her farewell.
Then she said, aloud for all to hear,
when Robin reproached her for it:
‘Damn anyone who cares!
Your delay was to blame’.
My very sweet sister,
you have my whole heart,
I will not leave you at any price;
I have given you my love.