Found this translation if any good Our king Renaud came back from war From his guts streamed floods of gore His mother on the castle wall Saw her son approach the hall - Renaud, Renaud, be merry and gay A son to you is born this day - T' is not my son, T' is not my wife Who would give to me, back my life Go mother mine, go on ahead And make for me a fine white bed There shall I not stay too long For at midnight I'll be gone But make it here down below The mother must hear nothing now The midnight hour had struck almost King Renaud gave up the ghost No sooner had the new day dawned Than all the servants cried and moaned No sooner could they break their fast than all the maids wept to the last - But tell me Oh sweet Mother mine Why do our servants weep and pine ? - Daughter mine, bathing our steeds They let the finest drown in the reeds - But why Oh why, sweet Mother mine Why do our maids so weep and pine ? - Daughter mine, when our shrouds were being washed The newest of them all they lost - But why Oh why, sweet Mother mine For a shroud thus weep and pine ? When Renaud returns from war, We'll make the finest shroud you ever saw But tell me Oh sweet Mother mine What is this chant of priests so fine ? - Daughter mine, it is the procession going around our mansion When it was time for her to leave her bed I'll go to mass , so she said And as the midday sun shone fair, She had to choose what clothes to wear Tell me Oh sweet Mother dear In which dress should I appear - Put on the green, put on the grey But its black that's best today But tell me Oh sweet Mother mine What is black supposed to mean ? - For the woman who from childed rises, Black is the best of all disguises When she in the church had entered A candle was to her presented Kneeling down came into view New-turned earth beneath the pew But tell me Oh sweet Mother dear Why is the earth all strirred up here ? - Daughter mine, I cannot hide it My son Renaud is dead and burried Renaud, Renaud, who I had wed So you have gone to join the dead. Divine Renaud, who once I wed So you have gone to join the dead Since our King Renaud is dead Take these keys and for my treasure head Take my rings, take every one Take good care of Renaud's son Earth open up, earth open wide Let Renaud reclaim his bride. The earth did open wonderous wide the damsel disappeared inside
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