Returning to the East, the Pilgrim meets the Countess of Tripoli and admits to her that in the West, a prince-troubadour celebrates her in his songs, calling her his "love from afar." Offended at first, she later begins to dream of this strange and distant lover, but she also asks herself whether she merits such devotion. Jaufre can no longer think of anything but her. Then, a Pilgrim who has arrived from overseas asserts that there is such a woman, and that he has met her. He tells them that the woman of whom he sings doesn't exist. A chorus of his old companions reproaches him for the change and makes fun of him.
He yearns for a different, distant love, but he is resigned to the idea that he will never find it. Jaufre Rudel, Prince of Blaye, is tired of the life of pleasure led by the young people of his rank.
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