Pois preyatz me, senhor,
qu’eu chan, eu chantarai;
e can cuit chantar, plor
a l’ora c’o essai.
Greu veiretz chantador
be chan, si mal li vai.
Vai me doncs mal d’amor?
Ans mels que no fetz mai!
E doncs, per que m’esmai?
Gran ben e gran onor
conosc que Deus me fai,
qu’eu am la belazor
et ilh me, qu’eu o sai.
Mas eu sui sai, alhor,
e no sai com l’estai!
So m’auci de dolor,
car ochaizo non ai
de soven venir lai.
Amors, e que.m farai?
Si garrai ja ab te?
Ara cuit qu’e.m morrai
del dezirer que.m ve,
si.lh bela lai on jai
no m’aizis pres de se,
qu’eu la manei e bai
et estrenha vas me
so cors blanc, gras e le.
Bona domna, merce
del vostre fin aman!
Mas jonchas, ab col cle,
vos m’autrei e.m coman.
Qu’e.us pliu per bona fe
c’anc re no amei tan.
E si locs s’esdeve,
vos me fatz bel semblan,
que molt n’ai gran talan.
(Since you request me to sing, my Lords, I shall sing.And when I think of singing, I weep just at the moment when I begin. You will hardly ever here a singer who sings well, if he is unhappy. Am I thus unhappy in love? No, rather better than ever. Then why I am I in disarray?
I know that God has done me a great honor, since I love the most beautiful of women and she me, as far as I know. But I am elsewhere, and I do not know how she is, which kills me with sorrow, for I do not often have the opportunity to go there.
Now, Love, what shall I do? Shall I ever be cured of you? Right now I think I will die of the desire that comes upon me, if the fair one invites me to be near her, where she sleeps, so that I can caress and kiss and hold next to mine her body, white, round, and smooth.
Sweet lady, have pity on your faithful lover! Hands joined, head bowed, I commend myself to your mercy. For I swear to you in faith that I have never loved anyone as much as you. And if the right moment occurs, show me your best behavior, for I really desire it so.)
(Bernard de Ventadorn)
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