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¶ Charnel amour est folie! Qe velt amer sagement Eschywe ce quar breve vie Ne lesse durer longement. Ja n’ert la char si florie Que a purreture ne descent Brief delit est lecherie, Mes santz fyn dure le torment.

¶ Carnal love is folly! He who wishes to love wisely Avoids it because life’s brevity Doesn't allow it to endure long. Never did flesh exist or flourish That didn't descend to rottenness.    Lechery is a brief pleasure, But torment lasts without end.