Lasse Pour Quoi [English translation]

Alas, why did I refuse

Him who loved me so?

He desired me for a long time

and found no mercy in me.

Alas! I am so hard-hearted!

What can I say?

Senseless

I was, more than mad,

when I refused him.

I will make

amends as he wishes,

if he will deign to hear me.

I must indeed call myself

wretched and unfortunate,

since he in whom there is no bitterness,

only great sweetness and dewy freshness,

begged me so sweetly

and did not find

mercy; senseless

I was not to love him.

I will make

amends as he wishes,

if he will deign to hear me.

He ought to have found

mercy when he asked for it;

indeed I did wrong

to refuse him;

he has put me in great torment.

I will die

if I am not

reconciled to him

without delay

I will make

amends as he wishes,

if he will deign to hear me.

Song, go without delay

to him who pleases me so.

Tell and beg him for God’s sake

to come to me without delay.

I will put myself at his mercy.

I will soon make peace

if that is his wish,

for I suffer so much.

I will make

amends as he wishes,

if he will deign to hear me.