Quan lo rossinhols escria
Ab sa par la nueg el dia,
Yeu suy ab ma bell' amia
Jos la flor
Tro la gaita de la tor
Escria: drutz, al levar!
Qu'ieu vey l'alba el jorn clar.
Alba (trans. Ezra Pound)
When the nightingale to his mate
Sings day-long and night late
My love and I keep state
In bower
In flower,
'Till the watchman on the tower
Cry:
"Up! Thou rascal, Rise,
I see the white
Light
and the night
Flies."
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