CANTAR DE MACÍAS
CVI
"Love crowned me with his myrtle crown; my name
Will be pronounced by many, but, alas,
When his pangs caused me bliss, not slighter woe
The mournful suffering that consumed my frame!
His sweet snares conquer the lorn mind they tame,
But do not always then continue sweet;
And since they cause me ruin so complete,
Turn, lovers, turn, and disesteem his fame; "
Juan de Mena, 1444
Translated by J.H. Wiffen (in poetryarchive.com)