Love from afar?

Laura Kendrick in her book The Game of Love: Troubadour wordplay, makes the point that medieval readers in  paying more attention to the sound of words than their spelling could create compositions with multiple meanings. For instance, here is a translation of a poem by Jaufre Rudel that acknowledges an ambiguity in the interpretation of de loing/ del oing.

He speaks the truth who calls me covetous

And  desirous of love from afar [and, of the ointment],

For no other joy pleases me so much

As enjoyment of love from afar [and, of the ointment];

But what I want is so hateful to me,

For thus did my godfather fix as my fate

That I should love and not be loved