My lefe is faren in a lond Alas! why is he so? And I am so sore bound I may nat com her to He hath my hert in hold, Where-ever he ride or go, With trew love a thousandfold. My love has left for a faraway land Alas! - why would he do this? and here I am so tied and bound I cannot go where he is so he holds my heart in his hands whereever he comes or goes and with my true love a thousandfold