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Song for a Word from Montemaior
- You who from Montemaior have come,
- you who from Montemaior have come,
- give me a word from the lady I love,
- give me a word from the lady I love,
- for if she hasn't sent
- me word, she will have rent
- my heart, and great regret
- I'll feel, and greatly slighted,
- for I was born on a day
- that doomed me to the bane
- of loving her in vain –
- alas! she's never requited.
- You who've just now seen her eyes,
- you who've just now seen her eyes,
- give me a word, by God on high,
- give me a word, by God on high,
- for if she hasn't sent
- me word, she will have rent
- my heart, and great regret
- I'll feel, and greatly slighted,
- for I was born on a day
- that doomed me to the bane
- of loving her in vain –
- alas! she's never requited.
[English version by Richard Zenith]
