Guilhem de l'Olivier
Guillem de l'Olivier d'Arle, also spelled Guilhem del Olivier, was a troubadour, probably active after 1260. He was from Provence, presumably the region around Arles, and he was also active in northern Italy. He was a prolific author of coblas esparsas, single-stanza poems, usually on a moral theme.
Also recorded as Guillem de l'Olivier
Guilhem de l'Olivier
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- troubadour · politician · composer
- Languages
- Old Occitan · French
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Guillem de l'Olivier d'Arle, also spelled Guilhem del Olivier, was a troubadour, probably active after 1260. He was from Provence, presumably the region around Arles, and he was also active in northern Italy. He was a prolific author of coblas esparsas, single-stanza poems, usually on a moral theme.
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Coblas esparsas
The number of lines per poem vary from a low of four to a high of sixteen. Scholars Alfred Pillet and Henry Carstens, along with István Frank, counted 77 such pieces; while Oskar Schultz-Gora counted 79, and Alfred Jeanroy only 70. A poem ascribed to a "Sir [En] G. de Lobeuier" in one chansonnier is commonly thought to belong to Guillem de l'Olivier, and some manuscripts also mistakenly call him "Gui" or "Guiraut". The unreliable Jean de Nostredame identified him with a certain Uc de Lobevier (Hugues de Lobières).
• Tan no puesc legir ni pessar • Fals' amor no si pot dir • Tota dona c'amors vensa • Donas, per cosselh vos dic • Donas, crezetz mon prezic • Mans se fenhon enamorat • So nos retrais Marcabrus • Homs que se rent de sa molher gilos • Pros dona enamorada • Alcus homes sai entre nos • Qui ama cortezia • D'omes vey c'an a totz jorns mens • Qui s'azauta d'enuetz faire • Qui sap gardar fach e dich de secret • Jocx e putanaria • Qui vol aver ganre d'amicx • Seneca que fon fom sabens • Tant es lo mons costumatz • Ben corteza conoissensa • Qui se volgues cosselhar • Tot hom me par be noiritz • Catre cauzas son fort nominativas • Ricx hom qu'enten en gran nobleza • Escrich truep en un nostr' actor • Ieu non tenc home per amic • Si vols far ver' esproansa • S'us homs sabia mal ses be • Motas veguadas s'endeve • Catre maneiras son de gens • Senca dis que saup philozophia • Entr' amicx et enemicx • Auzit ay dir manta[s] sazo[s] • Bon es saver acampar • Riqueza grans fan far manta falhensa • Sert es qui a mal vezi • Bona fin fai qui ab bon albres lia • Cobes e larcx aug cais tot jorn repenre • Ieu ai vist home plaguat • Si fos tan bos segles com sol • Escrig (o) truep en Salomo • D'omes truep que donan cosselh • Tres enemicx principals • Aisi com per aventura • Mal temps fai reconoysser dieu • Ieu coseguiey temps e sazo • Mals tratz don(a) alegransa • Tal home am que sos aibs nom azaula • Homs ben parlans deu mais entendre • De razon es e de natura • Aitan ben tanh per dever • Trop parlars fay desmentir • Hom que per pauc de profiech • Totz homs deu esser curos • Ieu me tenc a gran plazer • Trop voluntatz tol la vista • Pieitz fa un petit de mal • Us homs es c'a ajustat • Si per chantan esjauzir • Bona fes e mala • Alcun son trop de fama • Gauch e solatz e cortezia • Dieus donet comandamen • Totz hom se deu donar suenh • Per respiech d'alcun befach • Bos noirimens dona regla • Sieu auzes dire a ma guiza • Sens e sabers e conoissenza • Hon mais m'esfors cascun jorn d'aver vida • Fals semblans e mot deslials • Tart o tost son doas cauzas per natura • En totz afars tanh cortezia • Hom deu lauzar son amic • Hoc e no son dui contrari • Tot enaisi com peira preziosa • Qui en anel d'aur fai veir' encastonar
Editions
• Larghi, Gerardo, ed. Paraulas de vertat e de profiech: Edizione del canzoniere di Guilhem de l’Olivier d'Arles. Brepols, 2021. • Schultz-Gora, Oskar, ed. "Die 'coblas triadas' des Guilhem de l'Olivier d'Arle". Provenzalische Studien, I. Schriften der Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft in Straßburg, 37. Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1919: 24–82.
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