BALLADIn all the world is none so happy hereNor is there any joy to match with mine,Since she that hath no rival and no peerDoth mercifully to my suit incline.Her slave am I till death, for all my painIn very truth hath met with guerdon meet:She was my help on whom I called amain,For she hath granted me her love so sweet.Fair queen, in whom all nobleness is clear,Thou would'st not have me for thy presence pine:Nay, bid me cry in every lover's ear,“Thirsty was I for Love's immortal wine!”Not all my weeping might the gift obtain,Yet she, enthroned on beauty's mercy-seat,Hath pardoned all: too soon did I complainFor she hath granted me her love so sweet.Now to delight returns the torrent drearThat of my mourning was the sorry sign:[pg 96]Now am I joyous and of merry cheer,More than aforetime in her grace divine.Love bade me follow in his chosen trainWhere gladness walks beside my lady's feet,Nor any loss is mingled with my gain,For she hath granted me her love so sweet.Princess of love, my sorrow I disdainSince out of mourning cometh joy completeBy grace of her who is love's suzerain,For she hath granted me her love so sweet.So I demeaned me prudently and wisely, and I desired to have apparel and horses and beautiful things in much plenty, and great pains did I take to make me acquainted with all matters which become honest folk, and, as far as I was able, I avoided those which are unworthy, and I always had the desire to increase my fame, to the end that my lady might hold herself loved of a brave man. Thus I spared no pains to become rich, in order to dispense freely, and it appeared as if I made no count of riches.But to shorten my story, I tell you truly that none other thought had I than to follow in the path of true lovers, and oft, thank God, did I come to enjoy the welcome favours the which Love and Dames dispense to those who are faithful to them, for I well knew how [pg 97] to compass this, although it became expedient to be very careful where I saw my sweet goddess each week, so that no one, save those who were trusted, should come to know of it. And the first time that I returned to her, I took her this new ballad, the which greatly pleased her, and I brought back one from her.
BALLADIn all the world is none so happy hereNor is there any joy to match with mine,Since she that hath no rival and no peerDoth mercifully to my suit incline.Her slave am I till death, for all my painIn very truth hath met with guerdon meet:She was my help on whom I called amain,For she hath granted me her love so sweet.Fair queen, in whom all nobleness is clear,Thou would'st not have me for thy presence pine:Nay, bid me cry in every lover's ear,“Thirsty was I for Love's immortal wine!”Not all my weeping might the gift obtain,Yet she, enthroned on beauty's mercy-seat,Hath pardoned all: too soon did I complainFor she hath granted me her love so sweet.Now to delight returns the torrent drearThat of my mourning was the sorry sign:[pg 96]Now am I joyous and of merry cheer,More than aforetime in her grace divine.Love bade me follow in his chosen trainWhere gladness walks beside my lady's feet,Nor any loss is mingled with my gain,For she hath granted me her love so sweet.Princess of love, my sorrow I disdainSince out of mourning cometh joy completeBy grace of her who is love's suzerain,For she hath granted me her love so sweet.So I demeaned me prudently and wisely, and I desired to have apparel and horses and beautiful things in much plenty, and great pains did I take to make me acquainted with all matters which become honest folk, and, as far as I was able, I avoided those which are unworthy, and I always had the desire to increase my fame, to the end that my lady might hold herself loved of a brave man. Thus I spared no pains to become rich, in order to dispense freely, and it appeared as if I made no count of riches.But to shorten my story, I tell you truly that none other thought had I than to follow in the path of true lovers, and oft, thank God, did I come to enjoy the welcome favours the which Love and Dames dispense to those who are faithful to them, for I well knew how [pg 97] to compass this, although it became expedient to be very careful where I saw my sweet goddess each week, so that no one, save those who were trusted, should come to know of it. And the first time that I returned to her, I took her this new ballad, the which greatly pleased her, and I brought back one from her.
BALLADIn all the world is none so happy hereNor is there any joy to match with mine,Since she that hath no rival and no peerDoth mercifully to my suit incline.Her slave am I till death, for all my painIn very truth hath met with guerdon meet:She was my help on whom I called amain,For she hath granted me her love so sweet.Fair queen, in whom all nobleness is clear,Thou would'st not have me for thy presence pine:Nay, bid me cry in every lover's ear,“Thirsty was I for Love's immortal wine!”Not all my weeping might the gift obtain,Yet she, enthroned on beauty's mercy-seat,Hath pardoned all: too soon did I complainFor she hath granted me her love so sweet.Now to delight returns the torrent drearThat of my mourning was the sorry sign:[pg 96]Now am I joyous and of merry cheer,More than aforetime in her grace divine.Love bade me follow in his chosen trainWhere gladness walks beside my lady's feet,Nor any loss is mingled with my gain,For she hath granted me her love so sweet.Princess of love, my sorrow I disdainSince out of mourning cometh joy completeBy grace of her who is love's suzerain,For she hath granted me her love so sweet.So I demeaned me prudently and wisely, and I desired to have apparel and horses and beautiful things in much plenty, and great pains did I take to make me acquainted with all matters which become honest folk, and, as far as I was able, I avoided those which are unworthy, and I always had the desire to increase my fame, to the end that my lady might hold herself loved of a brave man. Thus I spared no pains to become rich, in order to dispense freely, and it appeared as if I made no count of riches.But to shorten my story, I tell you truly that none other thought had I than to follow in the path of true lovers, and oft, thank God, did I come to enjoy the welcome favours the which Love and Dames dispense to those who are faithful to them, for I well knew how [pg 97] to compass this, although it became expedient to be very careful where I saw my sweet goddess each week, so that no one, save those who were trusted, should come to know of it. And the first time that I returned to her, I took her this new ballad, the which greatly pleased her, and I brought back one from her.
In all the world is none so happy hereNor is there any joy to match with mine,Since she that hath no rival and no peerDoth mercifully to my suit incline.Her slave am I till death, for all my painIn very truth hath met with guerdon meet:She was my help on whom I called amain,For she hath granted me her love so sweet.Fair queen, in whom all nobleness is clear,Thou would'st not have me for thy presence pine:Nay, bid me cry in every lover's ear,“Thirsty was I for Love's immortal wine!”Not all my weeping might the gift obtain,Yet she, enthroned on beauty's mercy-seat,Hath pardoned all: too soon did I complainFor she hath granted me her love so sweet.Now to delight returns the torrent drearThat of my mourning was the sorry sign:[pg 96]Now am I joyous and of merry cheer,More than aforetime in her grace divine.Love bade me follow in his chosen trainWhere gladness walks beside my lady's feet,Nor any loss is mingled with my gain,For she hath granted me her love so sweet.Princess of love, my sorrow I disdainSince out of mourning cometh joy completeBy grace of her who is love's suzerain,For she hath granted me her love so sweet.
In all the world is none so happy hereNor is there any joy to match with mine,Since she that hath no rival and no peerDoth mercifully to my suit incline.Her slave am I till death, for all my painIn very truth hath met with guerdon meet:She was my help on whom I called amain,For she hath granted me her love so sweet.Fair queen, in whom all nobleness is clear,Thou would'st not have me for thy presence pine:Nay, bid me cry in every lover's ear,“Thirsty was I for Love's immortal wine!”Not all my weeping might the gift obtain,Yet she, enthroned on beauty's mercy-seat,Hath pardoned all: too soon did I complainFor she hath granted me her love so sweet.Now to delight returns the torrent drearThat of my mourning was the sorry sign:[pg 96]Now am I joyous and of merry cheer,More than aforetime in her grace divine.Love bade me follow in his chosen trainWhere gladness walks beside my lady's feet,Nor any loss is mingled with my gain,For she hath granted me her love so sweet.Princess of love, my sorrow I disdainSince out of mourning cometh joy completeBy grace of her who is love's suzerain,For she hath granted me her love so sweet.
In all the world is none so happy here
Nor is there any joy to match with mine,
Since she that hath no rival and no peer
Doth mercifully to my suit incline.
Her slave am I till death, for all my pain
In very truth hath met with guerdon meet:
She was my help on whom I called amain,
For she hath granted me her love so sweet.
Fair queen, in whom all nobleness is clear,
Thou would'st not have me for thy presence pine:
Nay, bid me cry in every lover's ear,
“Thirsty was I for Love's immortal wine!”
Not all my weeping might the gift obtain,
Yet she, enthroned on beauty's mercy-seat,
Hath pardoned all: too soon did I complain
For she hath granted me her love so sweet.
Now to delight returns the torrent drear
That of my mourning was the sorry sign:
[pg 96]
Now am I joyous and of merry cheer,
More than aforetime in her grace divine.
Love bade me follow in his chosen train
Where gladness walks beside my lady's feet,
Nor any loss is mingled with my gain,
For she hath granted me her love so sweet.
Princess of love, my sorrow I disdain
Since out of mourning cometh joy complete
By grace of her who is love's suzerain,
For she hath granted me her love so sweet.
So I demeaned me prudently and wisely, and I desired to have apparel and horses and beautiful things in much plenty, and great pains did I take to make me acquainted with all matters which become honest folk, and, as far as I was able, I avoided those which are unworthy, and I always had the desire to increase my fame, to the end that my lady might hold herself loved of a brave man. Thus I spared no pains to become rich, in order to dispense freely, and it appeared as if I made no count of riches.
But to shorten my story, I tell you truly that none other thought had I than to follow in the path of true lovers, and oft, thank God, did I come to enjoy the welcome favours the which Love and Dames dispense to those who are faithful to them, for I well knew how [pg 97] to compass this, although it became expedient to be very careful where I saw my sweet goddess each week, so that no one, save those who were trusted, should come to know of it. And the first time that I returned to her, I took her this new ballad, the which greatly pleased her, and I brought back one from her.