Guiraut d'Espanha or de Tholoza (fl.

Floruit

Floruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...

 1245–1265) was of the last generation of troubadours, working in Provence

Provence

Provence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...

 at the court of Charles of Anjou and Countess Beatrice

Beatrice of Provence

Beatrice of Provence , was a countess regnant of Provence. She was also a Queen consort of Sicily by marriage to King Charles I of Sicily....

. Many of his poems were addressed to Beatrice. Guiraut was either from Spain

Spain

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 or Toulouse

Toulouse

Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...

—the manuscripts differ—but ten of his dansa

Dansa

A dansa was an Occitan form of lyric poetry developed in the late thirteenth century among the troubadours. It is related to the English term "dance" and was often accompanied by dancing. A closely related form, the balada or balaresc, had a more complex structure, and is related to the ballade...

s, a pastorela

Pastorela

The pastorela was an Occitan lyric genre used by the troubadours. It gave rise to the Old French pastourelle. The central topic was always meeting of a knight with a shepherdess, which may lead to any of a number of possible conclusions. They are usually humorous pieces...

, and a baladeta

Ballad

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were particularly characteristic of British and Irish popular poetry and song from the later medieval period until the 19th century and used extensively across Europe and later the Americas, Australia and North Africa. Many...

survive. One of his dansas, Ben volgra s'esser poges, survives with a melody. It begins:

Ben volgra, s'esser poges c'amors si gardes d'aytan que non feses fin ayman chausir en luec que.l plages.

I really wish, if possible, that Love would take care not to make a true lover chose what pleases Love itself.

And ends:

Dansa, car ieu ay apres que.l reys Karles fay gent chan, per aquo as el ti man car de fin pres es apres

Dance, since I have learned that King Charles composes noble songs. I send you to him, for he is of true merit.

He also wrote Per amor soi gai.