| Belle, bonne, sage, plaisante et gente, | So lovely, good, and wise, you are, I know; |
| A ce jour cy que l'an se renouvelle, | Today, the day on which the year is new, | |
| Vous fais le don d'une chanson nouvelle | I give you these new-written songs that flow | |
| Dedans mon cuer qui a vous se presente. | Within the heart I also give to you. | |
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| De recevoir ce don ne soyés lente, | You need not hesitate to take them, though: | |
| Je vous suppli, ma doulce damoyselle; | I beg you, damsel, take them as your due. | |
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| Belle, bonne, sage, plaisante et gente, | So lovely, good, and wise, you are, I know; | |
| A ce jour cy que l'an se renouvelle, | Today, the day on which the year is new, | |
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| Car tant vous aim qu'aillours n'ay mon entente, | I love you so my thoughts cannot sink low, | |
| Et sy scay que vous estes seulle celle | And you alone are my beloved who | |
| Qui fame avés que chascun vous appelle: | Is famed for being known to kingdoms so: | |
| Flour de beauté sur toutes excellente. | The rose of beauty, best of all that grew. | |
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| Belle, bonne, sage, plaisante et gente, | So lovely, good, and wise, you are, I know; | |
| A ce jour cy que l'an se renouvelle, | Today, the day on which the year is new, | |
| Vous fais le don d'une chanson nouvelle | I give you these new-written songs that flow | |
| Dedans mon cuer qui a vous se presente. | Within the heart I also give to you. | |
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| Baude Cordier | Carol Anne Perry Lagemann | |