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Ne voil rien mais faire al douz voler

Poem (Canso): 
Ne voil rien mais faire al douz voler
Que ne puis avoir sans que m’égarant.
Trop avide ferai al m’envoler:
Ne voil rien mais faire al douz voler
Que sous mes yeux commence a l’envoler.
Si n’estét fin sombre de jour brillant!
Ne voil rien mais faire al douz voler
Que ne puis avoir sans que m’égarant.
Translation: 
I want nothing but to achieve the sweet desire
That I cannot have without losing myself.
Too quickly do I try to fly towards it:
I want nothing but to achieve the sweet desire
That before my eyes begins to vanish.
If only there were no dark end to bright day!
I want nothing but to achieve the sweet desire
That I cannot have without losing myself.