Arnaut de Mareuil

Arnaut de Mareuil (fl. late 12th century) was a troubadour, composing lyric poetry in the Occitan language. Twenty-five, perhaps twenty-nine, of his songs, all cansos, survive, six with music.

Quotes

• Belh m'es quan lo vens m'alena
  En Abril ans qu'intre Mays,
  E tota la nuegz serena
  Chanta'l rossinhols e'l jays;
  Quecx auzel en son lenguatge,
  Per la frescor del mati,
  Van menan joy d'agradatge,
  Com quecx ab sa par s'aizi.
  • O how sweet the breeze of April,
      Breathing soft, as May draws near!
    While through nights serene and gentle,
      Songs of gladness meet the ear;
    Every bird his well-known language
      Warbling in the morning's pride,
    Revelling on in joy and gladness
      By his happy partner's side.
  • Canso, st. 1, as translated by Edgar Taylor, Lays of the Minnesingers and Troubadours (1825), p. 238