by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

I syng of a mayden
Language: Middle English 
Our translations:  FRE



        

        
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Text Authorship:
  •  by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, first published c1400
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille)  , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission 


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-01-06 
Line count: 20

Word count: 84



        
        
Language: English  after the Middle English 

        

        
        
        
        
I sing of a maiden
That matchless is.
King of all Kings
Was her Son iwis.

He came all so still,
Where His mother was
As dew in April
That falleth on the grass:

He came all so still,
To His mother's bower
As dew in April
That falleth on flower.

He came all so still,
Where His mother lay
As dew in April
That formeth on spray.

Mother and maiden
Was ne'er none but she:
Well may such a lady
God's mother be.



        

        
Glossary

iwis = certainly


Composition:
Text Authorship:
  •  by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from "A Medieval Anthology", edited by Mary Segar
Based on:
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Researcher  for this page: Geoffrey Wieting 
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20

Word count: 84