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thumb|Cercamon, [[troubadour and author of the earliest known planh]] A genre of the troubadours, the ' or ' (; "lament") is a funeral lament for "a great personage, a protector, a friend or relative, or a lady." Its main elements are expression of grief, praise of the deceased (eulogy) and prayer for his or her soul. It is descended from the medieval Latin .
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thumb|Cercamon, [[troubadour and author of the earliest known planh]] A genre of the troubadours, the ' or ' (; "lament") is a funeral lament for "a great personage, a protector, a friend or relative, or a lady." Its main elements are expression of grief, praise of the deceased (eulogy) and prayer for his or her soul. It is descended from the medieval Latin .
The is similar to the in that both were typically contrafacta. They made use of existing melodies, often imitating the original song even down to the rhymes. The most famous of all, however, Gaucelm Faidit's lament on the death of King Richard the Lionheart in 1199, was set to original music.