AMARYLLIS Amaryllis belladonna

Si vous vouliez, ma dame Amaryllis,
Si vouliez me donner votre beauté,
Sur la trame d’or d’une haute lice
Je tisserais vos rimes adornées.

(English) AMARYLLIS Amaryllis belladonna

If you wished it so, Lady Amaryllis
If you so wished to give me your beauty
braided gold woven high on vertical stem
I would adorn you with my poetry.

©traduction David Lowe