293.42(Gaunt-Harvey-Paterson)

Qan l’aura doussana bufa
e·l gais de sotz lo brondel
fai d’orguoill cogot e bufa,
e son ombriu li ramel,
ladoncs deuria hom chausir
verai’ amor, ses mentir,
c’ab son amic non barailla.

II.

Jovens triatz non a vida,
que ferit l’an d’un cairel
malvestatz e cobeïda
laïnz dentre·l cor e·l fel:
et es ne greus ad issir,
que no s’en laissa garir
d’avoleza e de nuailla.

III.

E·l jelos luita e musa,
e fai badiu badarel,
car qui l’autrui con capusa,
lo sieu tramet al mazel:
e qui l’estaing vol sentir
lo sieu fai enleconir
e·l met en la comunailla.

IV.

Ges non viu de manna dreicha,
cum fetz lo trips d'Israël,
Flaira-Fum, qui no·n s’abreicha,
e·l torn’ es en bufarel:
ni·l plus ric no·n volon dir
vertat, tant volon mentir
per conseill de garsonailla.

Laig torn’ en ufanaria
dompneiar [q]i ’st cornudel
manten en la drudaria,
e·il tol e·il vest a[o]l capel.
Pois no m’en aus esclarzir,
ni mon talan ademplir,
an pur co·is pot, Dieus m'en vailla.

Text

Edition: Simon Gaunt, Ruth Harvey and Linda Paterson 2000; notes: Simon Gaunt. – Rialto 14.xii.2004.

Mss.

A (30v) Marcabruns, I (118v) Marchabrus, K (104v) Marcabrus, d (305r-v) Marcabrus.

Critical Editions / Other Editions

Critical editions: Jean-Marie-Lucien Dejeanne, Poésies complètes du troubadour Marcabru, Toulouse 1909, p. 205; Simon Gaunt, Ruth Harvey and Linda Paterson, Marcabru: A Critical Edition, Cambridge, D. S. Brewer, 2000, p. 521.

Philological note

Base of the text A. On the whole the Mss. are uniform, but there is nonetheless a predictable IK affiliation and an opposition between A and IK. All three Mss. require some correction in stanzas II, IV, and V. All three Mss have isolated errors. IK appear to have common errors. Of the three medieval Mss., A requires the least intervention and offers better readings than IK.

Metrics and music

Versification: a7' b7 a7' b7 c7 c7 d7' (Frank 376:13). Five coblas with ‘b’, ‘c’ and ‘d’ constant, ‘a’variable. The same rhyme scheme is used in BdT 293.28. This poem contains a high proportion of unusual rhyme sounds while many of the words occurring at the rhyme are unique in the Marcabru corpus.

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