Peire Vidal

Peire Vidal (fl. 12th century) was an Old Occitan troubadour. Forty-five of his songs are extant, twelve with melodies.

Quotes

• La lauzeta e'l rossinhol
  Am mais que nulh' autr' auzel,
  Que pel joy del 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, I 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)

• Ab l'alen tir vas me l'aire
  Qu'ieu sen venir de Proensa;
  Tot quant es de lai m'agensa,
  Si que, quan n'aug ben retraire,
  Ieu m'o escout en 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 that's thine delights me so,
      Such pleasant thoughts bestowing,
    That if thy very name is named
      I listen joyously.
    And ask a hundred words for one—
      So sweet to hear of thee.
  • Ab l'alen tir vas me l'aire, st. 1 (Tr. Taylor)

External links

• Edgar Taylor, Lays of the Minnesingers and Troubadours (1825), p. 240