“Fair, gentle friend, I’ve found so dear a home
I wish that dawn might never come again;
The loveliest lady ever born of woman
Lies in my arms, and I care not a straw
For jealous fool or dawn!”

—  Giraut de Bornelh

Bel dous companh, tan sui en ric sojorn
Qu'eu no volgra mais fos l'alba ni jorn,
Car la gensor que anc nasques de maire
Tenc et abras, per qu'eu non prezi gaire
Lo fol gilos ni l'alba.
"Reis glorios", line 31; translation from Peter Dronke The Medieval Lyric (1996) p. 176.

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Bel dous companh, tan sui en ric sojorn<br/>Qu'eu no volgra mais fos l'alba ni jorn,<br/>Car la gensor que anc nasques de maire<br/>Tenc et abras, per qu'eu non prezi gaire<br/>Lo fol gilos ni l'alba.

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