Poem
Troubadour poetry
SONG AGAINST THE SEA
Whenever I look at the wavesthat break below the bluffs,
I feel a pounding of waves
in my heart for the one I loved.
Damn the sea
that makes me grieve!
I never look at the waves
that beat against the shores
without being pounded by waves
in my heart for the one I adored.
Damn the sea
that makes me grieve!
Each time I look at the waves
that crash into the cliffs,
I feel a pounding of waves
in my heart for the one I miss.
Damn the sea
that makes me grieve!
© Translation: 1995, Richard Zenith
CANTIGA D’AMOR
CANTIGA D’AMOR
Quand’eu vejo las ondase las muyt’altas ribas,
logo mi veen ondas
al cor pola velyda:
maldito seja l’mare,
que mi faz tanto male!
Nunca vejo las ondas
nen as muit’altas rocas
que mi non venhan ondas
al cor pola fremosa:
maldito seja l’mare,
que mi faz tanto male!
Se eu vejo las ondas
e vejo las costeyras,
logo mi veen ondas
al cor pola ben feyta:
maldito seja l’mare,
que mi faz tanto male!
Poems
Poems of Troubadour poetry
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SONG AGAINST THE SEA
Whenever I look at the wavesthat break below the bluffs,
I feel a pounding of waves
in my heart for the one I loved.
Damn the sea
that makes me grieve!
I never look at the waves
that beat against the shores
without being pounded by waves
in my heart for the one I adored.
Damn the sea
that makes me grieve!
Each time I look at the waves
that crash into the cliffs,
I feel a pounding of waves
in my heart for the one I miss.
Damn the sea
that makes me grieve!
© 1995, Richard Zenith
SONG AGAINST THE SEA
Whenever I look at the wavesthat break below the bluffs,
I feel a pounding of waves
in my heart for the one I loved.
Damn the sea
that makes me grieve!
I never look at the waves
that beat against the shores
without being pounded by waves
in my heart for the one I adored.
Damn the sea
that makes me grieve!
Each time I look at the waves
that crash into the cliffs,
I feel a pounding of waves
in my heart for the one I miss.
Damn the sea
that makes me grieve!
© 1995, Richard Zenith
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