Mediaeval Baebes "Aria" lyrics

Translation to:enja

Aria

I have wist, sin i couthe meen,That children hath by candle lightHer shadewe on the wal iseenAnd ronne therafter all the night.

Bisy aboute they han benTo catchen it with al heren mightAnd whom they catchen it best wolde weneSonne didst shed out of her sight.

The shadewe catchen they ne might,For no lines that they couthe lay.This shadewe i may likne arightTo this world and yesterday.

Aria

I have known, ever since I can rememberThat children have, by candlelight,Seen a shadow here on the wallAnd chased it all night.

Tirelessly they have triedTo catch it with all their mightAnd just when they thought they were about to catch itIt would disappear from their sight.

They can never catch this shadowIn any snares they may layThis shadow I can likenTo this world and yesterday.

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