Plena de Seny, Lleigs Desigs de Mi Tall

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Jo són aquell qui en lo temps de tempesta,
quan les més gents festegen prop los focs
e pusc haver ab ells los propris jocs,
vaig sobre neu, descalç, ab nua testa,
servint senyor qui jamés fon vassall
ne el venc esment de fer mai homenatge,
en tot lleig fet hagué lo cor salvatge:
solament diu que bon guardó no em fall.



I am that one that in stormy weather,
while the rest of people has fun near the hearths,
and instead of having with them their own games,
walks on snow, barefoot, and naked head,
serving a lord who never was a vassal,
nor ever had the idea of making homage,
in any ugly deed his heart was wild:
he only says 'good luck never abandons me'.

Ausiàs March (Gandia, Valencia 1397 – 1459 ) wrote such powerful words to apologize, as usual, to one of his lovers. He was a knight and a poet. His final words to Plena de Seny (Full of Sense), his lover pseudonym: 'I cut any ugly desired from me, no herb decays by my shore'. Nice words for a tombstone.