Condicions d'amor: De concordansa e amor
The Concord of Love
Love draws the lover and beloved together through concord and separates them through opposition.
Through concordance of love, the Lover and the Beloved draw together, and through opposition they grow distant.
The Heart and Eyes in Concord
The lover's heart and eyes unite in concord to begin sighing and weeping for love.
ii. The Lover's heart and eyes come into concordance, so that they begin to sigh and weep for love.
Love as Mediator
Love places itself between the lover and beloved to bring them into concord.
iii. Love places itself in the middle between the Lover and the Beloved, so that it can bring them into concordance.
The End of Love and Concord
Without the end of love, concord is impossible, and greater agreement yields greater concord.
iv. Without love's end, the Lover and the Beloved cannot reach concordance.1 v. Greater concordance between the Lover and the Beloved comes from greater agreement.2
Equality Through Concord
No equality between lover and beloved can exist without concordance.
vi. No equality of Lover and Beloved can exist without concordance.
Lesser Love, Lesser Concord
Lesser love results in lesser concordance between lover and beloved.
vii. From lesser love comes lesser concordance between Lover and Beloved.
Read the original Catalan
Per concordansa damor sajusten lamic e lamat, e per contrarietat se lunyen.
ij. Lo cor els uyls de lamic se concorden a comensar suspirar e plorar per amor.
iij. En lo mig de lamic e lamat se posa amor, per so quels pusca concordar.
iiij. Sens fi d amor, amic e amat nos poden concordar. V. Major corcondansa damic e d amat està per major concordar.
vj. Neguna egualtat damic e d amat pot ésser sens concordansa.
vij. De menor amor, menor concordansa damic e damat.
Notes
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