Jacob of Gassion

Jacob of Gassion (1578 - 1635) was a writer and doctor inhabitant of Béarn, wire of the Marshal of France Jean de Gassion and chair Parliament of Navarre sitting Pau. He is the author of a Sonnet in Béarnais adapted Pierre de Ronsard and put much later in music by the singer Marcel Amont:

Quan lo spring in rauba pingorlada

has hèit passar the escossor deus grans hreds,

Lo cabiròu per jumps E garrimbets,

Sauteriqueja with the mietan of the prada.

With the beth esguit of the auba ensafranada

Takes the fresca, to length deus arrivets,

Marilhà' S goes dens the aiga argentada,

Puish suu tucòu smart He hundred arricoquets…

Deus edges corrents cranh the clapiteja;

E tien sauv… My, in tan which holeja,

the arquebusèr lo da lo còp mortau!

Atau viví direction tristessa nor mieja,

Quan a beth uelh me anà har per enveja,

With the miei deu còr, will bèra plaga lejau.