In the robbery theory, Prendiatz ma maladia would mean "You would get a taste of my evil character." (instead of catching the disease). Still, the pronouns in the last verse would have to be swapped.

Thus, the leprocy theory seems more probable. The polit bósc may be quite a harmless place such as an olive plantation near the lazaret, the knight just a friendly man. The girl warns him from a distance, as she is obliged to do, but adds that this will break her heart. She may otherwise be healthy and just in quarantine. We don't read about her mother and the rest of the medical record, but leprocy must be seen as a metaphor for love anyway (to be a worthy sujet for a troubadour). Feminists may complain about the woman being described as the infector.