Las nòvas del papagai - Arnaut de Carcassés

Las nóvas del papagai - Arnaut de Carcassés

(Les nouvelles du perroquet) - édition bilingue occitan-français.

There are, we believe, nothing in our Middle Ages, that approach more than any real instinctive and secret poetry, as to where we Arnaut de Carcassés painted recontre so brief, in the park, under the glare red manor in flames, the two lovers who love without connaêtre, and, perhaps, do meet again ...

An eloquent parrot comes to visit a married lady (locked up in her garden and watched by guards at the initiative of a jealous husband) in the name of her master to ask her to give him his love he says he wants more than everything in the world. Lady and parrot argue (she opposes at the beginning, declaring to love her husband) and the first ends up giving way. The parrot then sets fire to the castle and thus distracts the guards by giving new lovers the opportunity to love each other intensely at least once in the garden.



New in langue d'oc in 310 octosyllables with flat rhymes. Introduction and translation of Pierre Bec. Cover of Corinne Cathy.

Editions Fédérop.

Extracts:

So dis n’Arnautz de Carcasses,
que precx a faitz per mantas res
e per los maritz castïar
que volo lors molhers garar,
que la laisse a lor pes anar,
........ que may valra
e ja degus no·y falhira.
(vers 293-299)

« Voici ce que raconte sire Arnaut de Carcasses, qui adressa
d’amoureuses prières à maintes dames, pour châtier les maris
qui veulent garder leur épouse. Qu’ils les laissent aller à leur
fantaisie... Cela vaudra mieux et désormais personne, sur ce
point, ne sera en faute. »

Incipit:    

Dins un verdier de mur serrat,
a l'ombra d'un laurier folhat,
auzi contendr'un papagay
de tal razo com ye·us dirai...

Explicit:

    ... que volo lors molhers garar,
que·ls laisso a lor pes anar,
[........] que may valra,
e ja degus no·y falhira.