Ar non sui jes mals et astrucs, Anz sui ben malastrucs de dreg; E puois malastres m'a eleg Farai vers malastruc e freg. Si trop un malastruc adreg Que·l malastruc cap mi pesseg!	Now, I am not "ill" and "fortunate": rather, I am fully ill-fortuned; and since ill fortune has chosen me I shall compose a poor, ill-fortuned verse. If I find a truly ill-fortuned man, let him crush my ill-fortuned head.
Que per totz temps sui malastrucs Per un gran malastre qe·m ve; E qui per malastruc no·m te Dieu prec de malastre l'estre Que mil malastruc foran ple Del malastre q'ieu ai en me.	For I am always ill-fortuned because of a great ill fortune that befalls me; and he who doesn't think of me as ill-fortuned, I pray god to smite him with ill fortune for a thousand ill-fortuned men would be filled with the ill fortune I have in me.
Dompna, per vos sui malastrucs Car per malastre·m voletz mal; E fis ben malastruc jornal, C'anc nuills malastrucs no·l fetz tal! Malastruc tro manatz engal Per que d'est malastruc no·us cal.	Lady, I am ill-fortuned because of you who, out of ill fortune wish me ill; and I passed indeed an ill-fortuned day such as no ill-fortuned man ever got! Ill-fortuned [shall I be] until you deal reasonably because you don't care about this ill-fortuned man.
Er aujatz cum sui malastrucs: Qand cuich de malastre mover Eu sui plus malastrucs en ver! C'ab malastre·m laissiei cazer, E pois vinc malastre querer, Don aurei malastruc esper.	Listen now to how ill-fortuned I am: when I wish to move away from ill fortune I am, in truth, even more ill-fortuned; for I let myself fall in with ill fortune and then proceeded to seek ill fortune out, from which I'll have ill-fortuned expectations.
E pus aysi soy malastrucs Mos pels malastrucx mi tolray – Aytan del malastre perdray – E si·l malastre no s'en vay Malastrucx sia qui mi play Car tan de malastre m'eschay.	And since I am so ill-fortuned, I shall tear away my ill-fortuned hair so to lose that much of ill fortune; and if ill fortune doesn't go away, may whoever pleases me be ill-fortuned, since so much ill fortune befalls me.
S'ieu atrobes dos malastrucs Q'anesson malastrugamen A me mais malastre queren, Adoncs for'ieu malastruc-gen; Mas non trob malastruc valen C'a me de malastre·s prezen.	If I found two ill-fortuned men who'd go, ill-fortunately, asking me for more ill fortune, I would then be an ill fortune-gallant; but I can't find any worthy ill-fortuned men to approach me for ill fortune.
Et eu sui aitant malastrucs Qe de malastre port la flor Et ai ben malastrug honor. Levet, malastruc de seignor, Tu chantes malastre ab plor D'aquest malastruc amador!	And I am so ill fortuned that I wear the plume of ill fortune and have a truly ill-fortuned honour. Levet, ill-fortuned in your lord, may you sing, among tears, of the ill fortune of this ill-fortuned lover.
Tu iest malastrucs de seignor Et ieu soi malastrucs d'amor.	You are ill-fortuned in your lord and I am ill-fortuned in love.