Valenz Senher

"Valenz Senher" is an Occitan sonnet written by Paolo Lanfranchi da Pistoia in 1284.

Original Text
Valenz Senher, rei dels Aragones a qi prez es honors tut iorn enansa, remembre vus, Senher, del Rei franzes qe vus venc a vezer e laiset Fransa Ab dos sos fillz es ab aqel d'Artes; hanc no fes colp d'espaza ni de lansa e mainz baros menet de lur paes: jorn de lur vida said n'auran menbransa. Nostre Senhier faccia a vus compagna per qe en ren no vus qal[la] duptar; tals quida hom qe perda qe gazaingna. Seigner es de la terra e de la mar, per qe lo Rei Engles e sel d'Espangna ne varran mais, si.ls vorres aiudar.

English translation
Valiant Lord, king of the Aragonese to whom honour grows every day closer, remember, Lord, the French king that has come to find you and has left France With his two sons and that one of Artois; but they have not dealt a blow with sword or lance and many barons have left their country: but a day will come when they will have some to remember. Our Lord make yourself a company in order that you might fear nothing; that one who would appear to lose might win. Lord of the land and the sea, as whom the king of England and that of Spain are not worth as much, if you wish to help them.