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E Volentieri
Mediaeval Baebes

14th century Italian

Io mi son giovinetta e volentieri
M'allegro e canto en la stagion novella,
Merz? d'amore e de'dolci pensieri.
Io ve pe'verdi prati riguardando
I bianchi fiori e gialli e i vermigli,
Le rose in su le spine e i bianchi gigli,
E tutti quanti gli vo somiglando
Al viso di colui che me, amando,
Ha presa e terr? sempre, come quella
Ch'altro non ha in disio ch'e suoi piaceri.
I am a young maiden, and I willingly
Rejoice and sing in the new season,
Thanks to love and to my sweet thoughts.
I wander through green meadows gazing
At the white and yellow and vermilion flowers,
At the roses above their thorns and the white lilies,
And all of them I liken
To the face of him who, loving me,
Took me and forever will keep me as the one
Who desires nothing but his pleasures.
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