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Rutebeuf
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Rutebeuf (or Rustebeuf; fl. 1245 – 1285) was a French trouvère (poet-composers who worked in France's northern dialects).
Quotes
Que sont mes amis devenusQue 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"
External links
Category:Poets from France
Category:Musicians from France