Croce e delizia d'amore: Tant que vivray - Angelo Branduardi перевод на английский

Croce e delizia d'amore: Tant que vivray

Tant que vivray en age florissant,
Je serviray Amour le dieu puissant,
En faictz en dictz, en chansons et accords.
Par plusieurs jours m′a tenu languissant,
Mais après dueil m'a faict resjouissant,
Car j′ay l'amour de la belle au gent corps.
Son alliance, c'est ma fiance,
Son coeur est mien, le mien est sien:
Fide tristesse! Vive liesse,
Puisqu′en amours a tant de bien!
Quand je la veulx servir et honorer,
Quand par escriptz vault son nom decorer,
Quand je la veoy et visite souvent,
Les envieux n′en font que murmurer,
Mais nostre amour n'en saurait moins
Durer,
Autant ou plus en emporte le vent.
Maulgré envie toute ma vie
Je l′aimerai et chanterai:
C'est la première, c′est la dernière,
Que j'ai servie et serviray.

Delight and Torment of Love: Tant que vivray

As long as I live in the prime of my youth,
I will serve Love, the mighty god,
In deeds, in words, in songs, and in harmony.
For many days he has kept me languishing,
But after sorrow, he has made me rejoice,
For I have the love of the beautiful one with the slender body.
Her alliance is my betrothal,
Her heart is mine, and mine is hers:
Faithful sadness! Lively joy,
Since in love there is so much good!
When I want to serve and honor her,
When through writing I adorn her name,
When I see and visit her often,
The envious ones do nothing but murmur,
But our love cannot be diminished
Last,
For much or more does the wind carry away.
Despite all the envy in my life
I will love and sing for her:
She is the first, she is the last,
That I have served and will continue to serve.