Raimbaut d'Aurenga

Raimbaut d'Aurenga (French Raimbaud d'Orange, * c. 1144, 1156/71 attested; † 1173 ) called "le Troubadour d'Orange", was the first Provencal trobador and one of the most important poets of the Middle Ages. Numerous lyrical poems and some Sirventes have survived from him, as well as a Tenzone , a debate that he wrote together with Beatriz de Dia (Beatrix, Countess of Die ).

Life

Raimbaut d'Orange comes from a younger line of the family of the lords of Montpellier . His father was Guillem d'Omelaz (Guilhelm d'Aumelas), his mother Tiburge d'Orange, the heir to Count Raimbaut II. From 1156 Raimbaut u. a. Lord of Aumelas (Omelaz), Le Pouget , Montarnaud and Popian , in 1171 he inherited part of the Orange dominion .

plant

Cars, douz e fenhz del bederesc En aital rimeta great Una chansoneta fera Apres mon vers vueilh sempr'ordre Un vers farai de tal mena Peire Rotgier, a trassaillir Al prim qe • il timi sorz en sus Braiz, chans, quils, critz Car vei qe clars Ar vei bru, escur, trebol cel Ar m'er tal un vers à faire From vergoinha part marrimentz He quant s'embla • l foill del fraisse Ara non siscla ni chanta Entre gel e vent e fanc Pos trobars plans Assaz m'es belh Aissi mou Cupid, did he cum? Que faray?

Assatz sai d'amor ben parlar Ben s'eschai q'en bona cort Ben sai c'a sels seria fer Donna, cel qe • us es bos amics Escotatz, mas no say que s'es Amics, en gran cossirier Dona, si m'auzes rancurar Non chant per auzel ni per flor Lonc temps ai estat cubertz Ara • m so del tot conquis A mon vers dirai chansso Ara • m square, Giraut de Borneill S'il cors es pres, la lengua non es preza Joglar, fe qed eu dei Ab nou cor et ab nou talen Ar non sui jes mals et astrucs As durs, crus, cozens, lauzengiers Pois tals saber mi sortz e • m creis Ar resplan la flors enversa

literature

• A. Sakari: Azalais de Porcairagues, le 'Joglar' de Raimbaut d'Orange. In: Neuphilologische Mitteilungen. Volume 50, 1949, pp. 23-43, 56-87, 174-198.
• Walter T. Pattison: The Life and Works of the Troubadour Raimbaut d'Orange. 1952
• H. Walter: Investigations on the poetics of Raimbaut d'Aurenga. 1991
• Detlev Schwennicke: European family tables . Volume III.3, 1985, plate 445
• Lexicon of the Middle Ages . Volume VII, column 403

Web links

• Raimbaut d'Orenga's complete works on Trobar.org (original and English translation)