Rutebeuf
French poet
Rutebeuf (or Rustebeuf; fl. 1245 – 1285) was a French trouvère (poet-composers who worked in France's northern dialects).
Quotes
edit- Que sont mes amis devenus
Que j'avais de si près tenus
Et tant aimés?- What has become of my friends whom I held so closely and loved so much?
- La Complainte de Rutebeuf
- L'amour est morte:
Ce sont amis que vent emporte,
Et il ventait devant ma porte.- Love (or friendship) is dead: they were friends whom the wind carries away, and it is windy outside my door.
- La Complainte de Rutebeuf
- Variants: L'amitié; compare: "Gone with the wind"
