Je muir d’amorete, by Adam de la Halle

A love song from the mid-thirteenth century performed here by the Marion Consort, directed by Amy Bearden. The concert took place on 10 January 2016 as part of the fourteenth season of Early Music at the Byron Colby Barn in Prairie Crossing, Grayslake IL USA. Text and translation:
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Je muir, je muir d’amorete, Las! aimi!
I die, I die of love. Alas! Ah me!
Par defaute d’amiete; De merchi.
It is because of my beloved’s want of all mercy.
A premiers le vi douchete, Las! aimi!
At first she was attractively docile. Alas! Ah me!
Je muir, je muir d’amorete, Las! aimi!
I die, I die of love. Alas! Ah me!
D’une atraiant manierete Adont le vi,
With that fetching little manner she has, I saw her then;
Et puis le truis si fierete, Quant li pri.
But since I’ve found her so proud when I beg for loving.
Je muir, je muir d’amorete, Las! aimi!
I die, I die of love. Alas! Ah me!
Par defaute d’amiete; De merchi.
It is because of my beloved’s want of all mercy.