In the Vineyard

	I have become angry because I couldn't have Tegau:

	sleepless (generous girl) is my state;

	I have come under green slices

4	(let her be had) of birch and hazel leaves,

	with pleasure, along the slope

	to the vineyard of a girl the colour of foam;

	I have moaned fervently by a white-washed court

8	and groaned for [one like] noble-cheeked Eigr.

	When the girl heard (body of beautiful form)

	lamenting [like that of] Trystan because of sadness,

	gently she gave, with tender behaviour,

12	a fine call to her handmaiden:

	'There is in tribulation there

	in the vineyard a man's lamentation.

	I shall go (more affliction),

16	fair maiden with a beautiful forehead,

	to look through a glass window over there—

	cold wretch in [poor] condition and feebleness-

	[to see] what apparition, strict siege,

20	is in the splendid vines.'

	'An ill-fated one, [girl with] Enid's radiance,

	a soul (famous gem) in pain.'

	'Who are you who is torturing

24	your wound in snow and rain?'

	'I am your tormented and angry poet,

	great and brave am I in an oppressive place of frustration.'

	'Go away lest you be disappointed

28	(worthless journey) or killed!'

	'May you see a cold night upon me,

	my golden darling, [causing pain] to me if I go,

	unless I may know (shelter of praise)

32	which is the stronger, by Peter above,

	you or me in a struggle,

	me or you, my generous darling.

	It would be holy for my soul, because of the praise

36	of my fair darling, to die for your sake.

	Let the poet who has been deceived

	[come] inside, girl, to where you are

	or you come (oh! I have perished)

40	here, girl, to where I am.'

	'I will not do, poor foolish man,

	either of the two (I have wise virtue).

	What does a man from afar seek

44	(body of lowly word) by my chamber?'

	'[He's] trying without pain through the stone wall

	to see you, [girl] with a splendid gift and a colourful covering.'

	'Why are you meditating or waiting,

48	fair, splendid, pale, [and] modest lad?'

	'Serious and wise is the mind that will excuse me,

	[I am] waiting [to see] the form of a serious and wise golden girl.'

	'What kind of waiting in the bushes

52	are you doing there in the leaves?'

	'Waiting for a gentle girl (you're a gift to me),

	not waiting for the wife of the grey-legged one!'