Paor Quotes
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Mas greu veiretz fin' amansases paor e ses doptansa,c'ades tem om vas so c'ama, falhir,per qu'eu no·m aus de parlar enardir.
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Bel companho, en chantan vos apel!No dormatz plus, qu'eu auch chantar l'auzelQue vai queren lo jorn per lo boschatgeEt ai paor que.l gilos vos assatgeEt ades sera l'alba.
giraut de bornelh— Fair friend, in singing I call you:Sleep no longer, for I hear the bird singWho goes seeking day through the woodAnd I fear that the jealous one will attack you,And soon it will be dawn!
— "Reis glorios", line 11; translation from Gale Sigal Erotic Dawn-Songs of the Middle Ages (1996) p. 148.
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.
— But true love comes, not so lightly
Without fear and with no doubting,
We always fear that what we love may fail,
So I don't dare to stir myself to speak.
— "Ab joi mou lo vers e·l comens", line 13; translation by James H. Donalson. [1]
Bel companho, en chantan vos apel! No dormatz plus, qu'eu auch chantar l'auzel Que vai queren lo jorn per lo boschatge Et ai paor que.l gilos vos assatge Et ades sera l'alba.
— Fair friend, in singing I call you:
Sleep no longer, for I hear the bird sing
Who goes seeking day through the wood
And I fear that the jealous one will attack you,
And soon it will be dawn!
— "Reis glorios", line 11; translation from Gale Sigal Erotic Dawn-Songs of the Middle Ages (1996) p. 148.
