'À La Douceur du Temps nouveau'

Question 1

Guillaume IX d’Aquitaine

Answer 1

Occitan, c. 11ème-12ème

Question 2

À la douceur du temps nouveau,

Answer 2

To the sweetness of a new time

Question 3

feuillissent les bois, et les oiseaux chantent,

Answer 3

The woods bloom and the birds sing

Question 4

chacun en leur latin,

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each in their own latin (jargon pour les langues)

Question 5

selon les vers du nouveau chant.

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according to the verse of a new song

Question 6

Il est donc temps de prendre…

Answer 6

It is thus time to take…

Question 7

ce dont l’homme a le plus envie.

Answer 7

that which men desire most.

Question 8

De lá oú tout m’est bon et beau

Answer 8

from where everything is good and beautiful to me.

Question 9

je ne vois ni messager ni lettre

Answer 9

I see neither a message nor a letter

Question 10

c’est pourquoi mon cœur ne dort ni ne rit plus

Answer 10

that is why my heart neither sleeps nor laughs anymore

Question 11

je n’ose m’avancer

Answer 11

I dare not advance

Question 12

Ne sachant si la fin sera cella que je désire.

Answer 12

I do not know if this will be the end that I desire

Question 13

Notre amour va ainsi

Answer 13

Our love will go in such a way

Question 14

Que la branche de l’aubépine

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like the branch of a hawthorne

Question 15

que est sur l’arbe en craignant

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That is frightened in the woods

Question 16

durant la nuit, la pluie et le gel

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During the night, the rain and the frost

Question 17

mais que, le lendemais, s’épanouit sous le soleil

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but the day after, it gives joy under the sun

Question 18

en fouilles vertes et rameaux

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blooms green and branches

Question 19

maintenant, je me souviens d’un matin

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now, I remember of the morning

Question 20

où nous fin à la guerre et elle me fit un don si grand

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where we end the war and she gave me a gift so great

Question 21

son amour et son anneau

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her love and her years.

Question 22

que Dieu me laisse vivre encore

Answer 22

God allows me to live again

Question 23

Tent que j’aurais mes mains sous son manteau.

Answer 23

As long as I have my hands under her coat.