Ihesu, be thou my ioy,
Al melody and swetnes,
And lere me for to synge,
The sange of thi louynge.
Embedded Lyric A (Jesu, Be My Joy) by Richard Rolle (rough translation by flusteredduck)
Jesu, be my joy,
All melody and sweetness,
And teach me to sing,
The song of your loving.
From: Hirsh, John C., “Appendix B: Poems by William Herebert, Richard Rolle, and John Audelay” in Medieval Lyric: Middle English Lyrics, Ballads, and Carols, 2005, Blackwell Publishing Ltd: London, p. 9.
(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9780470756164.app2/pdf)
Date: c1340
By: Richard Rolle (c1290-1349)
