translated from the Occitan by John Raimo



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Belh m’es quan vey camjar lo senhoratge

Bertran de Born, translated from the Occitan by John Raimo

The Literary Issue — Dec 14, 2006

I am happy when lordships change again,
when the old let their homes go to the young―
men can leave behind so many children
one must earn a name that may be sung;
then I am happy, the world now made new
beyond all that flower or birdsong can ...