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Beatriz de Dia (born c. 1140 - flourished circa 1175, Provence) was the most famous of a small group of trobairitz, or female troubadours who wrote courtly songs of love during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

A chantar m’er de so q”ieu no voldria

I must sing, whether I want to or not.

I feel so much pain from him whose

friend I am,

For I love him more than anything.

But neither grace nor courtesy has

any effect on him,

Nor my beauty, my decency, or my

intelligence.

I am despised and betrayed,

As though I were worthless.

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