Details

Subject(s)

• Portuguese poetry—To 1500—Translations into English [Browse]
• Songs, Portuguese—Texts [Browse]

Translator

• Zenith, Richard [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Series

• The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation
• The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation ; v.140

Summary note

"Cantigas are lyric poems in Galician-Portuguese, a language of the Iberian Peninsula, written and performed during the 13th and early 14th centuries. They are divided into three major genres: cantigas de amigo (songs in the voice of women), cantigas de amore (courtly love songs in the voice of men), and cantigas de escarho e mal dizer (joke and insult poetry). The cantigas de amigo, thought to be inspired by popular and indigenous women's songs, represent the largest body of woman-voiced poetry in Europe, although the surviving compositions are attributed to male poets. In this book, the award-winning translator Richard Zenith has revised, expanded, and retitled a volume of cantigas he first published in 1995, in the UK only, with Carcanet Press (113 Galician Portuguese Troubadour Poems, now OP). The new book includes 122 cantigas, including several new translations, with the original text on facing pages, and a new introduction to provide background and context"-- Provided by publisher.

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Introduction
• Notes on the Text and Translation
• The Cantigas
• Osoiro Anes
• 1. Song of a Man Gone Back to Prison
• 2. Song about Love's Injustice
• Gil Sanches
• 3. Song for a Word from Montemaior
• Fernão Rodrigues de Calheiros
• 4. Song of a Girl Who Sought Love
• 5. Song for a Friend Who's Going Away
• Paio Soares de Taveirós
• 6. Song of How I Die
• 7. Song to a Lady in Simple Clothes
• Lopo
• 8. Song of a Restless Heart
• Martim Soares
• 9. Song about Lopo the Jongleur
• 10. Song to an Unbelieving Lady
• Afonso Anes do Cotom
• 11. Song to a Learned Abbess
• 12. Song to a Woman Who Doesn't Burst
• Nuno Fernandes Torneol
• 13. Song for a Sleeping Lover
• 14. Song about an Unarriving Lover
• Pero da Ponte
• 15. Song about a Bad Day
• 16. Song of a Lover Who Would Hate
• 17. Song about a Lost Crusade
• 18. Song about Costly Cheap Goods
• 19. Song about a Nobleman Up for Auction
• 20. Song about a Man Who Serves Villainy
• Joam Garcia de Guilhade
• 21. Song of the Green Eyes
• 22. Song about an Insistent Sweetheart
• 23. Song about a Friend with Things to Say
• 24. Song about a Friend Who Says He Wants to Die
• 25. Song for a Dying Admirer
• 26. Song of a Lover Who'd Rather Not Die
• 27. Song for a Distraught Lover
• 28. Song for an Ugly Lady
• 29. Song of a Wronged Troubadour
• 30. Song of a Jealous Troubadour
• Roi Queimado
• 31. Song of the Death I'm Dying
• 32. Song for When I Die
• Pero Garcia Burgalês
• 33. Song about a Troubadour Who Dies and Lives
• 34. Song of a Bereft Lover
• 35. Song for a Lady in Love with Me
• 36. Song about a Sad, Impoverished Lady
• 37. Song about a Sheriff Who Deals Out Justice
• 38. Song to a Man Who Never Stops Mounting
• 39. Song about a Man Who Once Sang Well
• Pero Garcia de Ambroa
• 40. Song about a Woman Who Charged Too Much.
• Pero Mafaldo
• 41. Song on How to Win Fame and Honor
• Nuno Anes Cerzeo
• 42. Discord
• Joam Soares Coelho
• 43. Song of the Beautiful Hair
• Fernão Garcia Esgaravunha
• 44. Song in Praise of a Nursemaid Lady
• Juião Bolseiro
• 45. Song about a Song of Love
• 46. Song on an Unending Night
• 47. Song of the Long Nights God Made
• Pedro Anes Solaz
• 48. Song for a Sleepless Night
• Joam Lopes de Ulhoa
• 49. Song about a Two-Faced Lady
• Gil Peres Conde
• 50. Song against God for Taking My Lady
• 51. Song about What Not to Eat in War
• 52. Song of an Unpaid Soldier
• Afonso Mendes de Besteiros
• 53. Song about a Nobleman Sent to Fight the Moors
• Alfonso X, King of Castile and León
• 54. Song of a Man Weary of Scorpions
• 55. Song in Praise of Holy Mary
• 56. Song in Praise of Holy Mary
• 57. Song of a Miracle by Holy Mary
• 58. Song about the Dean's Books
• 59. Song for a Beloved in Guarda
• Martim Codax
• 60. Seven Songs for a Beloved in Vigo: One
• 61. Two
• 62. Three
• 63. Four
• 64. Five
• 65. Six
• 66. Seven
• Meendinho
• 67. Song of a Girl Still Waiting
• Pero Gomes Barroso
• 68. Song about a Worsening World
• Roi Pais de Ribela
• 69. Song about a Rich Man's Trout
• 70. Song about a Rich Nobleman
• 71. Song about a Disdainful Damsel
• Joam Vasques de Talaveira
• 72. Song about How to Enjoy a Dancer
• Lourenço
• 73. Song about Three Girls Singing
• Lourenço and Joam Vasques de Talaveira
• 74. Song of the Troubadour's Art on Finding Itself in Sin
• Joam Baveca
• 75. Song against Those Who Falsely Swear Love
• 76. Song about a Suspicious Mother
• Pero Meogo
• 77. Song about a Girl at a Spring
• 78. Song about a Girl Back from the Spring
• 79. Song about an Endangered Friend
• Pedro Amigo de Sevilha
• 80. Song about Two Girls Talking
• Roi Fernandes de Santiago
• 81. Song against the Sea.
• 82. Song of a Man in Trouble
• Joam Lobeira
• 83. Song for Leonorette
• Pero Viviães
• 84. Song in Favor of a Pilgrimage
• Airas Nunes
• 85. Song of the Flowering Hazel Trees
• 86. Song in Search of Truth
• 87. Pastoral Song
• 88. Song of Love in the Summer
• Paio Gomes Charinho
• 89. Song about an Occupied Heart
• 90. Song about the Pain of Love and Sea
• 91. Song of the Parting Flowers
• 92. Song about a Good Deed
• Pero Gonçalves de Portocarreiro
• 93. Song for an Unreturned Lover
• Martim Moxa
• 94. Song about Why I Don't Go Away
• Joam Airas de Santiago
• 95. Song of Change
• 96. Song about a Man Who Wants to Talk
• 97. Song of One Who Knows She's Good-Looking
• 98. Song about a Loveless Lady
• 99. Song about How I Make Songs
• 100. Pastoral Song
• 101. Song about a Strange Omen
• 102. Song of a Contented Troubadour
• Joam Zorro
• 103. Song of New Ships
• 104. Song about the King's Boats
• 105. Song of a Girl Going Down to the River
• 106. Song about a Request for Hair
• 107. Song of What I Wish I Hadn't Done
• Dinis, King of Portugal
• 108. Song about a Girl Washing Shirts
• 109. Song of the Flowers of the Green Pine
• 110. Song of a Girl Dying of Loves
• 111. Song of a Lover Asking a Favor
• 112. Song about a Mr. So-and-So
• 113. Song in Provençal Style
• 114. Song about the Provençal Poets
• 115. Song about a Man I Know
• 116. Song for a Vexed Lady
• 117. Song of a Thankful Troubadour
• 118. Pastoral Song
• Fernando Esquio
• 119. Song about a Lover Who Hunts
• 120. Song about a Friar Said to be Impotent
• Estevam Coelho
• 121. Song about a Girl Twisting Silk
• 122. Song of a Girl Going to Bathe
• Vidal
• 123. Song about a Lady from Elvas
• Afonso Sanches and Vasco Martins de Resende
• 124. Song about a Living Dead Lady
• Notes to the Poems
• About the Galician-Portuguese Troubadours.
• Bibliography.

Show 176 more Contents items

ISBN

0-691-20741-0

OCLC

• 1311341188
• 1264752298

Doi

• 10.1515/9780691207414

Statement on language in description

Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...