Quando i oselli canta

Quando i oselli canta

La pasturele vano a la campagna,

Quando i oselli canta.

Fan girlande de erba

Frescheta verde, et altre belle fiore,

Fan girlande de erba.

Quest’ è quel dolce tempo

Ch’amor mi prese d’una pasturella,

Quest’ è quel dolce tempo.

Basar la volsi a dème de la roca.

Translation:

When the birds sing

the shepherdesses go into the country,

when the birds sing.

They make garlands of herbs,

fresh and green, and pretty flowers too,

they make garlands of herbs.

It was in this sweet season

that I fell in love with a certain shepherdess,

it was in this sweet season.

I turned to kiss her and she me with her distaff.