Original Text:
MARS ET VÉNUS.
Dans ce traquenard érotique
En voyant les amans, tous les dieux furent pris
De ce fameux rire homérique,
Reservé depuis lors aux malheureux maris.

(Quatrain familier de M. A***.....)

Translation:
MARS AND VENUS.
When seeing the lovers in this erotic snare
The Gods were taken quite unaware
And created the famous Homeric jokes
Reserved since for the married blokes.

(Familiar quatrain by Monsieur A.)