Fors seulement l'actente que je meure
En mon las cuer nul espoir ne demeure
Car mon las cueur si fort me tourmente
Qui n'est douleur que par vous je ne sente
Pourceque suis de vous perdre bien seure.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Save only the expectation that I'll die", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Grant Hicks
[Guest Editor] , David Wyatt
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Word count: 164
Save only the expectation that I'll die,
In my weary heart no hope remains;
For my misfortune troubles me so sorely
That there is no grief I do not suffer because of you
Since I am utterly certain to lose you.
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