9 Se La Face Ay Pale

Guillaume Dufay (1400-1474)
Se la face ay pale, La cause est amer. C’est la principale. Et tant m’est amer, amer, Qu’en la mer me voudroye voir. Or, scet bien de voir La belle a qui suis, Que nul bien avoir Sans elle ne puis. Se ay pesante malle, De dueil a porter, Cette amour est male Pour moy de porter. Car soy deporter, Ne veult devouloir Fors qu’a son vouloir Obeisse, et puis Qu’elle a tel pouvoir, Sans elle ne puis. C’est la plus reale Qu’on puist regarder, De s’amour leiale Ne me puis guarder. Fol sui de agarder. Ne faire devoir D’amours recevoir Fors d’elle, je cuij; Se ne veil douloir, Sans elle ne puis.	If the face is pale, The cause is love. It’s the principle cause, And much for me is bitter, bitter… That I would like to see myself in the ocean Now, it is good to see The Beauty for whom I live, For without her I can find Nothing good. If it were bad to carry A weight of sorrow, Then this love is bad For me to carry, Since I am carried away. I do not wish to devalue How strongly I want To obey her desire… And since she has such power, Without her, I cannot… She is the most real That one can regard: I cannot guard myself From her loyal love. I am mad from it. Don’t make a duty Of receiving love So strongly from her If one does not desire pain. Without her, I cannot…