by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
[No title] See original
Language: Latin
Our translations: ENG
cras amet qui numquam amavit quique amavit cras amet !
ver novum, ver iam canorum, vere natus orbis est ;
vere concordant amores, vere nubunt alites,
et nemus comam resolvit de maritis imbribus.
cras amorum copulatrix inter umbras arborum
implicat casas virentes de flagello myrteo,
cras Dione iura dicit fulta sublimi throno.
cras amet qui numquam amavit quique amavit cras amet !
tunc cruore de superno spumeo et ponti globo
caerulas inter catervas, inter et bipedes equos,
fecit undantem Dionen de maritis Imbribus.
cras amet qui numquam amavit quique amavit cras amet !
ipsa gemmis purpurantem pingit annum floridis ;
ipsa surgentes papillas de Favoni spiritu
urget in nodos tepentes ; ipsa roris lucidi,
noctis aura quem relinquit, spargit umentis aquas.
en micant lacrimae trementes de caduco pondere :
gutta praeceps orbe parvo sustinet casus suos.
en, pudorem florulentae prodiderunt purpurae !
umor ille, quem serenis astra rorant noctibus,
mane virgineas papillas solvit umenti peplo.
ipsa iussit mane ut udae virgines nubant rosae :
fusa Paphies de cruore deque Amoris osculis
deque gemmis deque flammis deque solis purpuris
cras ruborem, qui latebat veste tectus ignea,
unico marita nodo non pudebit solvere.
cras amet qui numquam amavit quique amavit cras amet !
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-7 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by George Lloyd (1913 - 1998), no title, 1979-80, stanzas 1-7 [ soprano , tenor, chorus and orchestra ], from Pervigilium Veneris, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Pervigilium Veneris"
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- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "The Vigil of Venus", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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