A False Oath
The passionate [or wanton] girl
contradicted me,
sun's radiance, on her easy oath,
most unjust after the favour,
4 with the fervent words to the holy cross,
splendid bright maid, [on peril of her soul] if
any naked limb of mine touched her, easy suspicion,
she of Enid's hue, amazing oath,
8 let it be taken back.
Yes yes a hand [did touch], good entertainer,
a gift for her poet, yes the lip of the mouth;
yes breasts beneath good birch slope,
12 yes arms, it was no waste;
yes every such living thing,
pleasant tale, yes wantonness.
A worthless oath came from her mouth,
16 Yes yes - if God knows of anything that was left [undone].