Guillaume de Machaut Foy Porter, Honneur Garder

Foy porter, honneur garder	I want to stay faithful, guard your honor,
Et pais querir, oubeir	Seek peace, obey
Doubter, servir, et honnourer	Fear, serve and honor you,
Vous vueil jusques au morir	Until death,
Dame sans per.	Peerless Lady.
I.
Car tant vous aim, sans mentir	For I love you so much, truly,
Qu'on poroit avant tarir	that one could could sooner dry up
La haute mer	the deep sea
Et ses ondes retenir	and hold back its waves
Que me peusse alentir	than I could constrain myself
de vous amer.	from loving you,
Sans fausser; car mi penser,	without falsehood; for my thoughts
Mi souvenir, mi plaisir	my memories, my pleasures
Et mi desir sont sans finer	and my desires are perpetually
En vous que ne puis guerpir n'entroublier	of you, whom I cannot leave or even briefly forget.
II.
Il ne'est joie ne joir	There is no joy or pleasure
N'autre bien qu'on puist sentir	or any other good that one could feel
N'imaginer	or imagine which does not seem to me worthless
Qui ne me samble languir,	whenever your sweetness wants to sweeten my bitterness.
Quant vo douceur adoucir vuet mon amer:	Therefore I want to praise
Dont loer et aourer	and adore and fear you,
Et vous cremier, tout souffrir,	suffer everything,
Tout conjoir, Tout endurer	experience everything, endure everything
Vueil plus que je ne desir Guerredonner.	more than I desire any reward.
Foy porter . . .	I want to stay faithful . . .
III.
Vous estes le vray saphir	You are the true sapphire
Qui puet tous mes maus garir et terminer.	that can heal and end all my sufferings,
Esmeraude a resjoir,	the emerald which brings rejoicing,
Rubis pour cuers esclarcir et conforter.	the ruby to brighten and comfort the heart.
Vo parler, vo regarder,	Your speech, your looks,
Vo maintenir, font fuir et enhair et despiter	Your bearing, make one flee and hate and detest
Tout vice et tout bien cherir et desirer	all vice and cherish and desire all that is good.
Foy porter .	I want to stay faithful. . . Guillaume de Machaut