16 Le corps sen va

Antoine Busnoys (1430-1492)
Le corps sen va et le cue[ur] vo[us] demeure Le quel veult faire avec vo[us] sa demeure Po[ur] vo[us] vouloir amer tant et si fort Queincessam[en]t veult mectre son effort A vo[us] servir jusques ace q[ue] je meure Il est v[ost]re povez estre bien seure Et le sera tousiours je vous asseure Combien quatende de mon mal [con]fort Le corps sen va et le cue[ur] vo[us] demeure . . . Il nest douleur ne deul quamoy naqueure Quant il convient que ses maulx je saveure Et men aller sans avoir reconfort A leure que deusse venir au fort Mon mal compter que je voi qua ceste heure Le corps sen va et le cue[ur] vo[us] demeure . . .	The body departs, and the heart remains with you. That which wishes to make with you its home, from the desire to love you so strongly and so much, that it wants constantly to exert itself to serve you, until I die. It is yours, you may well be sure, and I assure you it will always be so, however much I await comfort for my pain. The body departs and the heart remains with you . . . I acquire neither pain nor sorrow. If it should be that I must taste such ills, and leave without receiving comfort at the hour that you should most strongly come acknowledge my pain ~ I see at this hour that . . . The body departs and the heart remains with you . . .