41 
5 Je voudrais que la rose 
Et que le rosier meme 
fut encore au rosier, 
fut a la mer jete. 
6 Et que le rosier meme fut a la mer jete. 
Je voudrais que la belle fut encore a m aimer. 
Depuis 1 aurore du jour je l attends, 
Celle que j'aime, que mon cceur aime. 
Depuis r aurore du jour je l attends, 
Celle que mon cceur aime tant. 
TRANSLATION 
1 In the crystal clear fountain, as I passed by one day, 
I saw the limpid waters, and bathed in their spray. 
Since the pale dawn I have longed for 
The one I love, my heart's beloved . 
Since the pale dawn I have longed for 
The one that I fondly adore. 
2 Beside a lofty oak-tree, in the cool wind I stray, 
While from the top-most branch comes the nightingale’s 
sweet lay. 
Since the pale dawn . . . 
3 Nightingale, sing lightly, your heart is so gay, 
Vour heart is filled with laughter, mine with tears is grey. 
4 For I have lost my dear love, lost her— ah! well-a-day! 
All for a wreath of roses which I did gainsay. 
5 And 1 would the rose blossoms were still on that tree. 
Oh, I would that all roses were swallowed by the sea. 
6 Oh, I would the rose-blossoms were in the deepest sea. 
I would that my beloved had not forsaken me. 
