“Singing cannot much avail, if from within the heart comes not the song; nor can the song come from the heart, unless there be there noble love, heartfelt.”

"Chantars no pot gaire valer", line 1; translation from Alan R. Press Anthology of Troubadour Lyric Poetry (1971) p. 67.

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

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