| Robins m'aime, Robins m'a, |
Robin loves me, Robin has me, |
Robin loves me; we're a pair. |
| Robins m'a demandée, |
Robin has asked me, |
Robin asked me so sweetly |
| Si m'ara. |
if he will have me. |
If I care. |
| Robins m'cata cotele |
Robin bought me a robe |
Robin gave me so discreetly |
| D'escarlate bone et bele, |
Of beautiful, superior quality cloth, |
Clothes made of fine cloth completely, |
| Souskanie et chainturele, |
A smooth and a narrow girtle. |
Smocks and belts that fasten neatly: |
| A leur I va. |
For them I consent. [lit., I go for that!] |
For that I'm there! |
| Robins m'aime, Robins m'a, |
Robin loves me, Robin has me, |
Robin loves me; we're a pair. |
| Robins m'a demandée, |
Robin has asked me, |
Robin asked me so sweetly |
| Si m'ara. |
if he will have me. |
If I care. |
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| Adam de la Halle |
Stolba, K Marie, ed. The Development of Western Music: An Anthology. 3rd ed. Vol. I. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 1998. Print. |
Carol Anne Perry Lagemann |