Vida d'Arnaut Daniel

1 Arnautz Daniels si fo d’aquella encontrada don fo Arnautz de Maroill, de l’evescat de Peiregos, d’un chastel que a nom Ribairac,
   et fo gentils hom.
  And thus Arnaut Daniel was from those areas from which was Arnautz de Maroill,  of de bishopric of Peiregos, of a castle known by the name of Ribairac,
  and he was a kind man.

2 Et amparet ben letras e deleitet se en trobar et en caras rimas, per que las soas chanssons non son leus ad entendre ni ad aprendre.
  And he learned well how to read and write, enjoyed himself  in 'trobar' in precious rhymes, and his songs are not easy to understand nor to be learnt.

3 Et amet una auta dompna de Gascoigna, moiller d’En Guillem de Buonvila, mas non fo crezut qez anc la dompna li fezes plazer en dreich d’amor.
  And he loved a noble woman of Gascony, wife of Sir Guillem de Buonvila, but it was not believed that she ever returned this love in a just way.

4 Per que el ditz: "Eu sui Arnautz q’amas l’aura e caz la lebre ab lo boue nadi contra suberna".
  And therefore he says: "i am Arnaut, who loves the wind and chases the hare with an ox, swims against the flood".