Cover design Anna Cole
- with the arms of Aquitaine, the "lion passant gardant" |
Biography of translator |
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Ab la dolchor del temps novel ... |
Thanks to the sweetness of the spring ... |
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Ben vuelh que sapchon li pluzor ... |
I'd like for everyone to know ... |
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Companho, faray un vers qui·s covinen: ... |
I'm planning, friend, to write a decent verse ... |
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Companho, non puosc mudar qu'eo no m'effrei ... |
Friends, I am really overcome today ... |
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Companho, tant ai agutz d'avols conres ... |
My friends, I'm ill prepared in recent days ... |
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Farai chansoneta nueva ... |
Soon, wind and rain will come along ... |
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Farai un vers de dreyt nien ... |
I'll write a song without great force ... |
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Pus vezem de novelh florir ... |
As now we see in bloom again ... |
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Farai un vers, pos mi sonelh ... |
While dozing I will write a song ... |
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Mout jauzens me prenc en amar ... |
I set myself to love, with joy ... |
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Pos de chantar m'es pres talentz ... |
To sing a song is what I crave ... |
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