"Listen to the laments of the martyr of Love,
Every true lover, and weep tenderly!
Please be attentive in watching him
And hearing how piteously
He makes complaints for the harsh evils which burn him.
If you can, render him some small aid,
Pray also to Love with hands joined
That he will have mercy on his loyal lover,
For, by my faith, considering his sorrows,
He lives without joy and languishes in dying." - From Chaucer, Languishing Lover
