A Virelai

The Black Knight sings :

Anna-Marie, love, up is the sun,
Anna-Marie, love, morn is begun,
Mists are dispersing, love, birds singing free,
Up in the morning, love, Anna-Marie.
Anna-Marie, love, up in the morn,
The hunter is winding blithe sounds on his horn,
The echo rings merry from rock and from tree,
'Tis time to arouse thee, love, Anna-Marie.

The Jester responds :

O Tybalt, love, Tybalt, awake me not yet,
Around my soft pillow while softer dreams flit ;
For what are the joys that in waking we prove,
Compared with these visions, O Tybalt ! my love ?
Let the birds to the rise of the mist carol shrill,
Let the hunter blow out his loud horn on the hill,
Softer sounds, softer pleasures, in slumber I prove,
But think not I dream'd of thee, Tybalt, my love.