My choir is rehearsing for the upcoming season; here's our rendition of "Kinderly", a 14th century poem in Middle English set to music by Katharine Blake of the group Mediaeval Baebes.
Kyndeli is now mi coming
in to ȝis werld wiht teres and cry;
Litel and pouere is myn hauing,
briȝel and sone i-falle from hi;
Scharp and strong is mi deying,
i ne woth whider schal i;
Fowl and stinkande is mi roting—
on me, ihesu, ȝow haue mercy!
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Kinderly is now my coming
into this world with tears and cries;
Little and poor is my having,
brittle and soon I fall from high;
Sharp and strong is my dying
I know not whither shall I;
Foul and stinking is my rotting —
on me, Jesu, you have mercy!
Source: xtf.lib.virginia.edu