Be me, I say, that no ways may

The grund of greif remvfe,

Bot still decay, both nycht and day;

Lo, quhat it is to lufe.

Lufe is ane fervent fyre

Kendillit without desyre,

Schort plesour, lang displesour,

Repentence is the hyre.

Ane pure[1345] tressour, without mesour,

Lufe is ane fervent fyre.