Allegro mi senbrava amor tenendo
Meo core in, mano, e ne le braccia avea
Madonna involta in un drappo dor mendo
Poi la sveigliavs, e de’sto core ardendo
Lei paventosa umilmente pascea
Apresso gir lo ne vede pianaendo.
The first three hours of the night were spent
The time that every star shines down upon us
When love appeared to me suddenly
That I still shudder at the memory.
Joys loved seemed to me, the while he held
My heart with in his hands, and in his arms
My lady lay asleep wrapped in a veil
He awoke her then trembling and obedient
She ate that burning heart out of his hands;
Weeping I saw her then depart from me.