Dalfinet

Dalfinet ( 1220–1269?) was a nobleman and troubadour from Provence.

Earlier scholarship presumed him to be a son of Dalfi d'Alvernhe. That Dalfinet is a nickname derived from his place of origin, however, seems to be indicated by a pair of lines in his own poem, which puts his inheritance in Dalfi, probably the town of Dauphin in the county of Forcalquier. A Dalfinet is attested in documents between 1220 and 1241. He was an adherent of Count Ramon Berenguer V. He may have been a son of lord Raimbault of Dauphin.

Only one song he wrote, De meg sirventes ai legor, survives. It is a contrafactum, directly or indirectly, of Giraut de Borneil's No puesc sofrir qu'a la dolor and Bertran de Born's Be.m platz lo gais temps de pascor. It is a sirventes (servant song), specifically a mieg-sirventes (half-sirventes). It is noted for its "restless, arrogant tone and the sarcastic pomposity of language".