Lyrics of Ballade des dames du temps jadis

Dites moy ou, n'en quel pays
Est flora la belle romaine,
Archipiades, né thaïs
Qui fut sa cousine germaine,
Echo parlant quand bruyt on maine
Dessus rivière ou sus estan
Qui beaulté ot trop plus qu'humaine.
Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan?
Qui beaulté ot trop plus qu'humaine.
Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan?

Ou est très sage hélloïs,
Pour qui chastré fut et puis moyne
Pierre esbaillart a saint denis?
Pour son amour ot ceste essoyne.
Semblablement, ou est royne
Qui commanda que buridan
Fut geté en ung sac en saine?
Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan?
Fut geté en ung sac en saine?
Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan?

La royne blanche comme lis
Qui chantoit a voix de seraine,
Berte au grand pié, bietris, alis
Haremburgis qui tient le maine,
Et jehanne la bonne lorraine
Qu'englois brûlèrent a rouen;
Où sont ils, ou vierge souveraine?
Mais où sont les neiges d'antan?
Où sont ils ou vierge souveraine?
Mais où sont les neiges d'antan?

Prince, n'enquérez de sepmaine
Ou elles sont, ne de cest an,
Qu'a ce refrain ne vous remaine:
Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan?
Qu'a ce refrain en vous remaine;
Mais ou sont les neiges d'antan?
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(english version)

Avg say or do what country
Flora is the beautiful roman
Archipiades born thais
Who was his cousin,
Bruyt echo when speaking on maine
Top river or estan sus
Who beaulté ot more human too.
But where are the snows of yesteryear?
Who beaulté ot more human too.
But where are the snows of yesteryear?

Or is very wise hélloïs,
Who do chastre was and moyne
Pierre esbaillart a saint denis?
For his love ot cesta essoyne.
Similarly, or is royne
Who ordered that buridan
Gete was in ung bag healthy?
But where are the snows of yesteryear?

Gete was in ung bag healthy?
But where are the snows of yesteryear?

The white lily royne
Who chantoit a voice seraina,
Berte at large pie, bietri, alis
Haremburgis which takes maine,
Jehanne and good lorraine
Qu'englois burned in rouen;
Where are they, or lady sovereign?
But where are the snows of yesteryear?
Where are they or lady sovereign?
But where are the snows of yesteryear?

Prince, n'enquérez of sepmaine
Or they are not cest of year
What does this refrain remains:
But where are the snows of yesteryear?
What this refrain you remain;
But where are the snows of yesteryear?
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Avg say or do what country
Flora is the beautiful roman
Archipiades born thais
Who was his cousin,
Bruyt echo when speaking on maine
Top river or estan sus
Who beaulté ot more human too.
But where are the snows of yesteryear?
Who beaulté ot more human too.
But where are the snows of yesteryear?

Or is very wise hélloïs,
Who do chastre was and moyne
Pierre esbaillart a saint denis?
For his love ot cesta essoyne.
Similarly, or is royne
Who ordered that buridan
Gete was in ung bag healthy?
But where are the snows of yesteryear?
Gete was in ung bag healthy?
But where are the snows of yesteryear?

The white lily royne
Who chantoit seraina a voice,
Berte at large pie, bietri, alis
Haremburgis which takes maine
Jehanne and good lorraine
Qu'englois burned in rouen;
Where are they, or lady sovereign?
But where are the snows of yesteryear?
Where are they or lady sovereign?
But where are the snows of yesteryear?

Prince, n'enquérez of sepmaine
But they are not cest of year
What does this refrain remains:
But where are the snows of yesteryear?
What this refrain you remain;
But where are the snows of yesteryear?