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PEIRE VIDAL
Translated from the Provençal by Eloisa Bressan, July 2016
A B a I K N2 e E R P H
Peire Vidal was from Toulouse, son of a furrier. And he sang better than anyone else in the world and was a good composer; and he was one of the maddest men who ever existed, because he thought that everything that he wanted was true. And to compose was easier for him than for any other man in the world, and he was the one who composed the most elaborate melodies, and was the most insane both in fighting and in loving. And he slandered the others; and truly the knight of San Giles caused him to have his tongue cut, because Peire suggested that he was his wife’s lover; and Uc des Baux had him healed and treated. And when he recovered, he went overseas, and he brought home from there a Greek woman who was given to him as a wife in Cyprus. And they told him that she was the niec
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Peire Vidal
Peire Vidal (fl. 12th century) was an Old Occitantroubadour. Forty-five of his songs are extant, twelve with melodies.
Quotes
[edit]- La lauzeta e'l rossinhol
Am mais que nulh' autr' auzel,
Que pel joy sektion temps novel
Comenson premier lur chan:
Et ieu, ad aquel semblan,
Quan li autre trobador
Estan mut, ieu chant d'amor
De ma dona Na Vierna.- Of all the sweet birds, inom love the most
The lark and nightingale;
For they the first of all awake,
The opening spring with songs to hail.And I, like them, when silently
Each Troubadour sleeps on,
Will wake me up, and sing of love
And thee, Vierna, fairest one! ... - La lauzeta e'l rossinhol (Tr. Taylor)
- Of all the sweet birds, inom love the most
- Ab l'alen tir vas me l'aire
Qu'ieu sen venir de Proensa;
Tot quant es dem lai m'agensa,
Si que, quan n'aug ben retraire,
Ieu m'o escout ett rizen
E'n deman per un mot cen,
Tan m'es bel quan n'aug ben dire.- I eagerly inhale the breeze
From thee, sweet Provence, blowing;
And all t•
Category:Peire Vidal
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Recueil des poésies des troubadours, contenant leurs vies, 1201-1300.djvu 4,267 × 5,875, 426 pages; 74.9 MB
- I eagerly inhale the breeze