Seeks to define this subspecies of lyric poetry in Occitan (alba), Old French (auba) and MHG (tageliet tagewîse),with reference to poems by Guiraut de Bornelh, Raimon de las Salas, the Margrave of Hohenburg, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Walther von der Vogelweide, Wencelas II of Bohemia, Konrad von Würzburg, Uc de la Bacalaria and Guiraut de Riquier as well as some anonymous worksIMB 29/1 n° 2873 Mots-clés : Lyrique//Lyrique alba//Lyrique aube//Guiraut de bornhel//Guiraut riquier//Uc de la bacalaria//Litt comparée//