Marcabru

Marcabru (fl. 1130–1150) is one of the earliest troubadours whose poems are known. Forty-four poems are attributed to him.

Quotes

• A la fontana del vergier,
  On l' erb er vertz, josta 'l gravier,
  A l' ombra d' un fust domesgier,
  En aiziment de blancas flors
  E de novelh chan costumier,
  Trobey sola, ses companhier,
  Selha que no vol mon solatz.
  •   By yonder fountain in the grove,
      Where the green grass e'en from above
      Down to the water's pebbly bed
      Its verdant covering hath outspread,
      There, 'neath a tree, 'mid white flowers springing,
      Lovely and sad, a new song singing,
    Sat the disdainful fair whose scorn my heart is wringing.
  • Chanson, st. 1, as translated by Edgar Taylor, Lays of the Minnesingers and Troubadours (1825), p. 251