Marcabru

thumb| 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 florsE 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 External links Category:Poets from France