Comtessa de Dia

The Comtessa de Dia ('Countess of Die', possibly named Beatritz or Isoarda; fl. c. 1175 or c. 1212), was a trobairitz to whom five extant works are attributed. She is associated with the circle of poets composed of Raimbaut d'Aurenga, Bernart de Ventadorn, and Azalais de Porcairagues.

Quotes

• A chantar m'er de so qu'ieu no volria,
  Tant me rancur de sel cui sui amia;
  Quar ieu l'am mais que nulha res que sia;
  Vas lui no m val merces ni cortezia
  Ni ma beutatz, ni mos pretz, ni mos sens;
  Qu'en aissi m sui enganada e trahia,
  Cum s'ieu agues vas lui fag falhimens.
  • I sing of one I would not sing,
      Such anguish from my love hath sprung;
    I love him more than earthly thing;
      But beauty, wit, or pleadings, wrung
    From my heart's depth, can gain for me
    Nor gratitude nor courtesy;
    And I am left, deceived, betray'd,
    Of him, like frail or faithless maid.
  • A chantar m'er de so qu'ieu non volria, st. 1, translated from the Occitan by Edgar Taylor, Lays of the Minnesingers and Troubadours (1825), p. 217