 There is one notable instance where clear attribution is given to a woman , Bieiris de Romans ( also given as Beatritz ) , but the subject of the poem is another woman , Na Maria . In the poem " Na Maria " Beatritz expresses her love for Maria in the traditional fin ' amors style , both in terms of physical longing and courtly admiration . This poem , if not clearly marked as by a woman , would be assumed to be by a man . Some controversy surrounds the works of the Bieiris de Romans , as scholars have suggested that her canso expresses " lesbian desire . " The troubadour would typically speak to the domna ( woman ) ; the fact that the lyrical dialogue takes place exclusively between one woman and another is an extreme rarity . 
