The Vigil of Venus | Tomorrow let him love who has never loved, and who has loved, let him love tomorrow!

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Grant Hicks

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(Sung text for setting by G. Lloyd)

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Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

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et recentibus virentes ducit umbras floribus.
cras erit quo primus Aether copulavit nuptias,
et pater totum creavit vernis annum nubibus :
in sinum maritus imber fluxit almae coniugis,
unde fetus mixtus omnes aleret magno corpore.
ipsa venas atque mentem permeanti spiritu
intus occultis gubernat procreatrix viribus ;
perque caelum perque terras perque pontum subditum
pervium sui tenorem seminale tramite
imbuit iussitque mundum nosse nascendi vias.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 14 of the original text.

Composition:

George Lloyd

Pervigilium Veneris

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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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This text was added to the website: 2026-04-25
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The Vigil of Venus

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Lloyd)

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Language: English after the Latin

 ... 

And casts verdant shadows over fresh flowers.
Tomorrow is the day when primal Aether will have been joined in marriage,
and as a father he has created the whole year from the vernal mists:
into the nurturing spouse's lap flows the fertilizing rain,
whence mingled with the great body he might nourish all the fruits.
The procreator herself with her pervading breath
inwardly governs blood and mind with hidden powers;
and through sky and through earth and through sea beneath 
she has strewn her pervasive course with a path of seeds
and bidden the world to know the ways of propagation.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 14 of the original text.

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a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Pervigilium Veneris"
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Word count: 1062