Be m play lo douz temps de pascor
Que fai fuelhas e flors venir;
E play mi quant aug la baudor
Dels auzels que fan retentir
  Lor chan per lo boscatge;
E plai me quan vey sus els pratz
Tendas e pavallos fermatz;
  E plai m' en mon coratge,
Quan vey per campanhas rengatz
Cavalliers ab cavals armatz." - Meaning and context.">
The beautiful spring delights me well,
  When flowers and leaves are growing;
And it pleases my heart to hear the swell
  Of the birds' sweet chorus flowing
    In the echoing wood;
And I love to see, all scattered around,
Pavilions, tents, on the martial ground;
    And my spirit finds it good
To see, on the level plains beyond,
Gay knights and steeds caparison'd.
• Canso, st. 1 (tr. Thomas Roscoe)
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Be m play lo douz temps de pascor
Que fai fuelhas e flors venir;
E play mi quant aug la baudor
Dels auzels que fan retentir
  Lor chan per lo boscatge;
E plai me quan vey sus els pratz
Tendas e pavallos fermatz;
  E plai m' en mon coratge,
Quan vey per campanhas rengatz
Cavalliers ab cavals armatz.

— Bertran de Born

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Be m play lo douz temps de pascor
Que fai fuelhas e flors venir;
E play mi quant aug la baudor
Dels auzels que fan retentir
  Lor chan per lo boscatge;
E plai me quan vey sus els pratz
Tendas e pavallos fermatz;
  E plai m' en mon coratge,
Quan vey per campanhas rengatz
Cavalliers ab cavals armatz.
" in the context of "The beautiful spring delights me well,
  When flowers and leaves are growing;
And it pleases my heart to hear the swell
  Of the birds' sweet chorus flowing
    In the echoing wood;
And I love to see, all scattered around,
Pavilions, tents, on the martial ground;
    And my spirit finds it good
To see, on the level plains beyond,
Gay knights and steeds caparison'd.
• Canso, st. 1 (tr. Thomas Roscoe)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Bertran de Born

About Bertran de Born

Bertran de Born (1140s – by 1215) was a baron from the Limousin in France, and one of the major Occitan troubadours of his time. He composed love songs (cansos) but was better known for his political songs (sirventes). He was involved in revolts against Richard I and then Phillip II. He married twice and had five children. In his final years, he became a monk.