Dix et sept, cinq, trese, quatorse et quinse

G. Machaut

Dis et sept, cinq, trese, quatorse, et quinse

Seventeen, five, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen

Ma doucement de bien amer espris,

Has sweetly inflamed me with virtuous love,

Pris a en moy une amoureuse emprise.

Has captured in me a lover's embrace.

Dis et sept, v, xiij, xiiij, et quinse

Seventeen, five, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen

Pour sa bonté que chascuns loe et prise,

Because of her virtue that every man esteems and praises,

Et sa biauté qui seur toutes ont pris.

And her beauty that they value above all others.