Étienne du Tertre
 (fl.1540 - 1570)

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Jeunes esprits, qui ne savez pas
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Pub. 1552.
Lyrics: Anon

Jeunes esprits, qui ne savez pas comprendre
Comment il faut gagner le jeu d'aimer:
Le jeu de paulme à tous vous peut apprendre
Qu'amour se doit pour l'éteuf estimer.
Le premier coup que quinze on veut nommer,
C'est le devis au baiser c'est le trente:
Puis au toucher du tétin à la fente
Quarante-cinq peut compter l'amoureux;
Mais pour gagner le jeu, qui tant contente,
Il faut frapper tout droit à l'entredeux.

You bright young things, who don't understand
How to win in the game of love;
The game of tennis can teach you
How to score the ball in love.
You can count the first touch as the fifteen,
and then kissing is the thirty:
Then the lustful can reckon touching
The nipple as the grill, forty-five;
But to win the game, ultimate satisfaction,
One needs to hit the winning gallery squarely.