Guilhem IX of Poitou: Joyous in love, I make my aim

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Joyous in love, I make my aim

Guilhem IX of Poitou, Guilhem IX of Poitou poetry, Secular or Eclectic, Secular or Eclectic poetry, Troubadour poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, poetry

by Guilhem IX of Poitou
(1071 - 1126) Timeline

English version by
J. Lindsay

Original Language
Provencal

Secular or Eclectic : Troubadour

11th Century

Joyous in love, I make my aim
forever deeper in Joy to be.
The perfect Joy's the goal for me:
so the most perfect lady I claim.
I've caught her eyes. All must exclaim:
the loveliest heard or seen is she.

You know I'd never base my fame
on brags. If ever we're to see
a flowering Joy, this Joy, burst free,
should bear such fruit no man can name,
lifting among the others a flame
that brightens in obscurity.

Themes

Bliss

Fire

Freedom

Garden

Lover and Beloved

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