This is how she shows herself a woman indeed, My lady, and I reproach her for it: She does not want what one ought to want, And what she is forbidden to do, she does. (Bernart de Ventadorn)

This is how she shows herself a woman indeed, My lady, and I reproach her for it: She does not want what one ought to want, And what she is forbidden to do, she does.

Bernart de Ventadorn

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