A recent book, a bilingual edition of the love songs of Bernart de Ventadorn in Occitan and English: Sugar and Salt, translates each lyric of the medieval troubadour at least twice: literally and poetically. Further, the poetic translations are of several types: free verse; rhymed and metrical; and rhymed, and metrical either to the original or to modem music. Accompanying the book is a CD on which are performed the English translations, together with examples in Occitan demonstrating conflicting theories about medieval performance practices. The multiple translations are necessary to re-create the cultural ambience in which Bernart wrote his songs, and to make his songs accessible to a modern audience.