Ieu m'en anarai en eyssilh;

Laissarai en guerra mon filh,

E gran paor et en parilh;

E faran li mal siey vozi."

("A desire to sing has seized me,

And I shall sing of that which afflicts me;

I shall no longer be obeyed

By either Poitou or Limousin.

I shall depart into exile;

I shall leave my son behind me in war,