arnaut daniel's firm will

8/12/2019 Arnaut Daniel's Firm Will

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Lo ferm voler qu'el cor m'intra

no'm pot ges becs escoissendre ni

ongla

de lauzengier qui pert per mal dirs'arma;

e pus no l'aus batr'ab ram ni verja,sivals a frau, lai on non aurai oncle,

jauzirai joi, en vergier o dins cambra.

Quan mi sove de la cambraon a mon dan sai que nulhs om non

intra

-ans me son tug plus que fraire nioncle-

non ai membre no'm fremisca, neis

l'ongla,

aissi cum fai l'enfas devant la verja:tal paor ai no'l sia prop de l'arma.

el cor li fos, non de l'arma,e cossentis m'a celat dins sa cambra,

que plus mi nafra'l cor que colp de

verjaqu'ar lo sieus sers lai ont ilh es non

intra:

de lieis serai aisi cum carn e ongla

e non creirai castic d'amic ni d'oncle.

!nc la seror de mon oncle

non amei plus ni tan, per aquest'arma,qu'aitan vezis cum es lo detz de l'ongla,

s'a lieis plagues, volgr'esser de sa

cambra:de me pot far l'amors qu'ins el cor

m'intra

miels a son vol c'om fortz de frevol

verja.

"us floric la seca verjani de n'!dam foron nebot e oncletan fin'amors cum selha qu'el cor

m'intra

non cug fos anc en cors no neis enarma:

on qu'eu estei, fors en plan o dins

#he firm $ill that m% heart enters

can't be scraped b% bea& nor b% nail

of slanderer $ho damns $ith ill spea&ing hissoul;

since don't dare beat them $ith bough or rod,at least, secretl%, $here $on't have an% uncle,'ll enjo% pleasure, in the garden or in the room.

(hen remember the room$here, to m% scorn, &no$ no man enters

-instead the% are all to me more than brother or

uncle- have no limb that doesn't sha&e, not even the

fingernail,

just as a child is before the rod:

such is m% fear of not being close to her soul.

(ere close to her bod%, not to her soul,

$ere she to let me hide in her room,since it hurts m% heart more than stri&e of rod

that her servant isn't there $here she enters:

'll be $ith her $hat flesh is to nailand $on't follo$ advice of friend or of uncle.

)ot even the sister of m% uncle

did love more or as much, b% this soul,

since, as the finger is close to the nail,if she pleases, $ant to be to her soul:

of me can do the love that m% heart entersmore $ith its $ill than a strong man $ith a frail

rod.

*ince $hen flourished the $ithered rod

and from !dam sprung nephe$ and uncle,

a love as good as the one that m% heart enters

don't thin& has ever been in an% bod% or soul:$herever am, out in the plains or in a room,

m% heart doesn't part from her more than a nail.

*o clings and is fi+ed, li&e $ith nail,

m% heart to her li&e the bar& to the rod,

she is to me to$er, palace and room;and don't love as much parent, brother or

uncle,


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cambra,

mos cors no's part de lieis tan cum ten

l'ongla.

!issi s'empren e s'enongla

mos cors en lieis cum l'escors'en laverja,

qu'ilh m'es de joi tors e palais e

cambra;

e non am tan paren, fraire ni oncle,qu'en "aradis n'aura doble joi m'arma,

si ja nulhs hom per ben amar lai intra.

!rnaut tramet son chantar d'ongl'e

d'oncle

a rant esiei, qui de sa verj'a l'arma,

son cledisat qu'apres dins cambra intra.

and in "aradise $ill have double jo% m% soul,

if an%one there for good-loving enters.

!rnaut sends forth this song of uncle and nailto reat esire, $hich of his rod holds the soul,

a frame$or&-song $hich, learned, the roomenters.

ARNAUT DANIEL:

THE FIRM DESIRE.

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have a firm desire, and enter

3nbending, driven deepl%, hard as nail.(hat lies4 *uch gossip has plundered m% soul5ut since cannot bear this flims% rod,

6ll pla% the flute until it cries uncle

n secret, before her closet-chamber.

go softl% limp before that chamber

(here conquering men can never enter;

#he bedroom guard, both angels and uncles,issolve pride5even to the fingernail5

7f suitors, stiff li&e bo%s before the rod.

*uch fears of not being hers, in m% soul4

!t least in bodied flesh, if not in soul,

Let her hide me, once, in that chamber4Let $ounds the heart embraced not spare the rod4

*ervant to her secrets, should enter4

)o$ bind me close to her5as flesh to nail5

!nd heed no $arnings from friend or uncle.
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8ven the s$eet daughter of m% uncle

never loved so $ell5$ith all m% soul.#he quic& bet$een her finger and her nail,

*o $ould be, and press into her chamber.

!nd molded to its $ill, love $ould enter#his heart, this soldier $ith a tender rod.

*ince s%rup last flo$ed from a $ithered rod,!nd !dam fathered nephe$ and uncle,

)ever has love blossomed so4 )o$ enter

9% heart, and d$ell in neither flesh nor soul,

ut $here she lives5in each street, each chamber#hat bears me, ather, to the *acred )ail.

!t last, veil bloodied b% the caul&ing nail4

9% heart holds her, as bar& to sapling-rod.9% dizz%ing to$er6s jo%, her chamber

(here no love for father, friend, or uncle/emains5onl% eaven6s s$eet-doubled soul

n spooning6s cup, $here slo$l% enter.

!rnaut spouts song, of nail cr%ing,

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