Peire Rogier

Peire Rogier (born c. 1145; fl. 1160 – 1180) was a twelfth-century Auvergnat troubadour and cathedral canon from Clermont. Quotes Tant ai mon cor en joy assis, per que no puesc mudar no'n chan, que joys m'a noirit pauc e gran; e ses luy non seria res, qu'assatz vey que tot l'als qu'om fay abaiss' e sordey' e dechai, mas so qu'amors e joys soste. My heart is so fixed on joy that I cannot help but sing, for as a child and an adult, joy has nourished me. Without it, I’d be nothing. I see that everything else that people do degrades, dishonors, and defames if love and joy do not sustain it. Poem 5, st. 1 (ed. Nicholson; tr. Cheyette) External links Derek E. T. Nicholson, The Poems of the Troubadour Peire Rogier (Manchester UP, 1976) Fredric L. Cheyette, Ermengard of Narbonne and the World of the Troubadours (Cornell UP, 2001) Category:Poets from France