Arnaut Daniel

Arnaut Daniel was a Provençal troubadour of the late 12th or early 13th century. He was a major influence on Dante.

Sourced

 * E si tot venta'ill freg'aura, L'amor qu'ins el cor mi pleu Mi ten caut on plus iverna.
 * And even if the cold wind blows, The love that rains in my heart Keeps me the warmer the colder it is.
 * "Ab gai so cundet e leri", line 12; translation by Leonardo Malcovati


 * Ieu sui Arnautz qu'amas l'aura E cas la lebre ab lo bueu E nadi contra suberna.
 * I am Arnaut who love the wind, And chase the hare with the ox, And swim against the torrent.
 * "Ab gai so cundet e leri", line 43; translation from Ezra Pound The Spirit of Romance (1910) p. 30.


 * En breu brizara'l temps braus E'l biza, e'l brus e'l blancx Qui s'entresenhon trastuig De sobre claus ram de fuelha.
 * Briefly bursteth season brisk, Blasty north breeze racketh branch, Branches rasp each branch on each Tearing twig and tearing leafage.
 * "En breu brizara'l temps braus", line 1; translation from Ezra Pound Instigations (1920) p. 309.

Criticism

 * "O frate," disse, "chesti qu'io ti cerno col ditto," e additò un spirto innanzi, "fu miglior fabbro del parlar materno. Versi d'amore e prose di romanzi soverchiò tutti; e lascia dir li stolti che quel di Lemosì credon ch'avanzi.
 * "O brother," said he, "He who is singled by My finger (he pointed to a spirit in front) Wrought better in the mother-tongue than I. Whether in verses of love or prose romaunt He surpassed all; and let the fools contend Who make him of Limoges of more account.
 * Dante Purgatorio, canto 26, line 115; translation by Laurence Binyon, in Dante's Purgatorio (1938) p. 309.


 * Fra tutti il primo Arnaldo Danïello Gran maestro d'amor; ch'a la sua terra Ancor fa onor col suo dir strano e bello.
 * First of them all was Arnaut Daniel, Master in love; and he his native land Honors with the strange beauty of his verse.
 * Petrarch Il Trionfo d'Amore, capitolo IV, line 40; uncredited translation from petrarch.petersadlon.com