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Bernart de Ventadorn
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“Mas greu veiretz fin' amansa ses paor e ses doptansa, c'ades tem om vas so c'ama, falhir, per qu'eu no·m aus de parlar enardir.”
Bernart de Ventadorn (1140–1190) said by 1190 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Can vei la lauzeta mover De joi sas alas contra·l rai, Que s'oblid'e·s laissa chazer Per la doussor c'al cor li vai, Ai, tan grans enveya m'en ve De cui qu'eu veya jauzïon.”
Bernart de Ventadorn (1140–1190) said by 1190 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Can vei la lauzeta mover", line 1; translation from James Branch Cabell The Cream of the Jest ([1917] 1972) p. 33.
“D'aisso's fa be femna parer Ma domna, per qu'e·lh o retrai, Car no vol so c'om deu voler, E so c'om li deveda, fai.”
Bernart de Ventadorn (1140–1190) said by 1190 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Can vei la lauzeta mover", line 33; translation by Frederick Goldin, from Boris Ford (ed.) Medieval Literature: The European Inheritance (1983) p. 440.
“Chantars no pot gaire valer, Si d'ins dal cor no mou lo chans! Ni chans no pot dal cor mover, Si no i es fin' amors coraus.”
Bernart de Ventadorn (1140–1190) said by 1190 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chantars no pot gaire valer", line 1; translation from Alan R. Press Anthology of Troubadour Lyric Poetry (1971) p. 67.
“Aisso non es amors; aitaus No·n a mas lo nom e·l parven, Que re non ama si no pren.”
Bernart de Ventadorn (1140–1190) said by 1190 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Chantars no pot gaire valer", line 19; translation from Alan R. Press Anthology of Troubadour Lyric Poetry (1971) p. 67.