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Aucassin and Nicolete · early 13th century

Section 37 (sung)

by Anonymous (Old French) c. 1100

Translated by Andrew Lang (1887)


Here singeth one:

Nicolete the good and true
To the land hath come anew,
Sees the palaces and walls,
And the houses and the halls!
Then she spake and said, "Alas!
That of birth so great I was,
Cousin of the Amiral
And the very child of him
Carthage counts King of Paynim,
Wild folk hold me here withal;
Nay Aucassin, love of thee
Gentle knight, and true, and free,
Burns and wastes the heart of me.
Ah God grant it of his grace,
That thou hold me, and embrace,
That thou kiss me on the face
Love and lord!"

MLA

Anonymous (Old French). Aucassin and Nicolete, Section 37 (sung). Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/aucassin-nicolete-lang/36/.

Chicago

Anonymous (Old French). Aucassin and Nicolete, Section 37 (sung). Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/aucassin-nicolete-lang/36/.

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