Quant je sui mis au retour 

 Quant je sui mis [au]1 retour 
 De veoir ma dame, 
 Il n'est peine ne dolour 
 Que j'aie, par m'ame. 
 [ Diex! c'est drois que je l'aim,
  sans blame, de loial amour. ]2
 
 Sa biauté, sa grant douçour
 D'amoureuse flame,
 Par souvenir, nuit et jour
 M'esprent et enflame. 
 [ Diex! c'est drois que je l'aim,
  sans blame, de loial amour. ]2

 Et quant sa haute valour
 Mon fin cuer entame,
 Servir la [vueil]3 sans folour
 Penser ne diffame. 
 [Diex!]4 C'est drois que je l'aim,
 sans blame, de loial amour.

by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300-1377)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Patrick Cardy (1953-2005) , "Quant je sui mis", first performed 1990. [voice and piano]
by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300-1377) , "Quant je sui mis au retour"

ENG English (Patrick Cardy)

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