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Easy and indifferent! easy and indifferent! |
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I am ready to perform in all dances, |
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Then when the sun is in the meridian, |
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There in that conspicious place. |
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With my large figure, |
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I dance in the ducal courtyard. |
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I am strong [also] as a tiger; |
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The reins are in my grasp like ribbons. |
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In my left hand I grasp a flute; |
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In my right I hold a pheasant's feather. |
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I am red as if I were rouged; |
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The duke gives me a cup [of spirits]. |
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The hazel grows on the hills, |
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And the liquorice in the marshes. |
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Of whom are my thoughts? |
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Of the fine men of the west. |
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O those fine men! |
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Those men of the west! |
Published
by The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, © Copyright 2003
by Anne Kinney and the University of Virginia