by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Mon seul et souverain désir
Language: French (Français)
Available translation(s): ENG
Mon seul et souverain désir
Mon confort et mon vray espoir
Je ne porteray riens que noir
Tant que je vous puisse revenir.
Hellas, mon bien tout mon plaisir.
Ne me mettez en non chaloir
Mon seul et souverain désir
Mon confort et mon vray espoir
Car je voel a vous obeir
Et si n'ay nul aultre vouloir
Je ne puis riens sans vous voir,
Aultre ne me peut resjouir.
Mon seul et souverain désir
Mon confort et mon vray espoir
Je ne porteray riens que noir
Tant que je vous puisse revenir.
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- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "My sole and ruling passion", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2012-06-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 93
My sole and ruling passion
Language: English  after the French (Français)
My sole and ruling passion,
My comfort and my true hope,
I shall wear nothing but black
Until I can see you again.
Alas, my love and all my pleasure,
Do not make me of no importance
My sole and ruling passion,
My comfort and my true hope.
For I wish to obey you
And indeed I have no other will,
I can do nothing unless I see you,
No-one else can make me happy.
My sole and ruling passion,
My comfort and my true hope,
I shall wear nothing but black
Until I can see you again.
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This text was added to the website: 2012-06-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 98