“I am Arnaut who love the wind,
And chase the hare with the ox,
And swim against the torrent.”

—  Arnaut Daniel

Ieu sui Arnautz qu'amas l'aura
E cas la lebre ab lo bueu
E nadi contra suberna.
"Ab gai so cundet e leri", line 43; translation from Ezra Pound The Spirit of Romance (1910) p. 30.

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Ieu sui Arnautz qu'amas l'aura<br/>E cas la lebre ab lo bueu<br/>E nadi contra suberna.

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