Mediaeval Baebes The E Volentieri (undrentide) Lyrics

E Volentieri (undrentide) Lyrics

Lyrics (14th century Italian)

Translation



Io mi son
giovinetta e volentieri

I am a young maiden, and I willingly



M'allegro e canto en la stagion novella,

Rejoice and sing in the new
season,



Merz d'amore e de'dolci pensieri.

Thanks to love and
to my sweet thoughts.



Io ve pe'verdi prati riguardando

I
wander through green meadows gazing



I bianchi fiori e gialli e i
vermigli,

At the white and yellow and vermilion flowers,



Le
rose in su le spine e i bianchi gigli,

At the roses above their thorns
and the white lilies,



E tutti quanti gli vo somiglando

And
all of them I liken



Al viso di colui che me, amando,

To the
face of him who, loving me,



Ha presa e terr sempre, come quella

Took me and forever will keep me as the one



Ch'altro non ha in
disio ch'e suoi piaceri.

Who desires nothing but his pleasures.