While most poems by the trobairitz — female troubadours — are full of internalized misogyny and heteronormative language, a few stand out in their depictions of healthy relationships. “Na Maria,” by Bieiris de Romans, is the only one of these poems written by a woman about another woman. Using that text as a starting point, I selected excerpts from three trobairitz poems and reframed them through a queer lens. The result is a tragic, timeless love story: two women fall madly in love, only to be separated by their own society.

Texts by Bieiris de Romans, Castelloza, and Clara d’Anduza.

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