Confort prenés, Esbatement,
Le bon, le gent,
S’irés dire a ma dame blanche
Que de m’amour li fay present,
Entierement,
En ce moys de May pour Playsance.

Cest virelay li chanterés,
Soulas, Soulas, Plaisance, Plaisance,
Deduit, Deduit, Bel Acueill, Bel Acueill,
Jounesce, Liesce, l’amy, l’amy;
En lieu de moy, je vous depri,
Mon cuer, m’amour, li presentés.

Or tost a euz vous assemblés,
Soulas, Soulas, Plaisance, Plaisance,
Deduit, Deduit, Bel Acueill, Bel Acueill,
Jounesce, Liesce, l’amy, l’amy;
Oiez crier «Ocy, Ocy»
Le roussignol: joy en aurés.

Take Comfort and Entertainment,
The good and the noble;
Go and say to my fair-skinned lady
That I make her a present of my love,
Entirely, in this month of May,
For the sake of Delight.

Sing her this virelai
Pleasure, Pleasure, Delight, Delight,
Joy, Joy, Fair Welcome, Fair Welcome,
Youth, Happiness, Beloved, Beloved,
In my place, I pray you,
Present her with my heart and my love.

Now assemble yourselves early,
Pleasure, Pleasure, Delight, Delight,
Joy, Joy, Fair Welcome, Fair Welcome,
Youth, Happiness, Beloved, Beloved;
Listen to the nightingale
Sing ‘Ocy, Ocy’; it will delight you.