Quand je fus pris au pavillon
when i was caught in the pavilion

De ma dame, très gente et belle,
of my lady, most noble and beautiful,

Je me brûlai à la chandelle
I burned the candlelight

Ainsi que fait le papillon.
So what does the butterfly.

Je rougis comme vermillon,
I blushed as scarlet,

A la clarté d'une étincelle,
as the light of a spark,

Quand je fus pris au pavillon.
When I was caught in the pavilion

Si j'eusse été esmerillon
Had I been a merlin

Ou que j'eusse eu aussi bonne aile,
Where that I had had as good wings,

Je me fusse gardé de celle
I myself was guarded of that one

Qui me bailla de l?aiguillon
Who me gaping from her who stung

Quand je fus pris au pavillon.
when i was caught in the pavilion.