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Bernart de Ventadorn Quotes (1130-1200)

About Bernart de Ventadorn

Bernart de Ventadorn (or Bernard de Ventadour) (c. 1130/1140 – c. 1190/1200) was a Provençal troubadour His song "Can vei la lauzeta mover" is one of the best-known works of Occitan literature

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“Aisso non es amors; aitaus
No·n a mas lo nom e·l parven,
Que re non ama si no pren.”

non aitausnon parvenque

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“D'aisso's fa be femna parer
Ma domna, per qu'e·lh o retrai,
Car no vol so c'om deu voler,
E so c'om li deveda, fai.”

com retraicar daissos

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“Chantars no pot gaire valer,
Si d'ins dal cor no mou lo chans!
Ni chans no pot dal cor mover,
Si no i es fin' amors coraus.”

pot dal cor

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“Mas greu veiretz fin' amansa
ses paor e ses doptansa,
c'ades tem om vas so c'ama, falhir,
per qu'eu no·m aus de parlar enardir.”

doptansacades amansases falhirper

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“Can vei la lauzeta mover
De joi sas alas contra·l rai,
Que s'oblid'e·s laissa chazer
Per la doussor c'al cor li vai,
Ai, tan grans enveya m'en ve
De cui qu'eu veya jauzïon.”

chazerper soblides lauzeta

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