Do Not Knock at the Door of My Thought

Poem by Charles D'Orléans Collection SongsPeriod 15th century

Do not knock at the door of my thought,
Care and Sorrow, without so much troubling yourself!
For she sleeps and does not wish to awaken;
All night long she has spent in pain.

She is in danger if she is not well tended.
Cease! cease! Let her slumber!
Do not knock at the door of my thought,
Care and Sorrow, without so much troubling yourself!

To heal her, Good Hope has prepared
A medicine that has made ready;
She cannot lift her head from the pillow,
Until in rest she has recovered.
Do not knock at the door of my thought!

Charles D’Orléans

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