-- "Te amaré, diosa Venus, si prefieres
que te ame mucho tiempo y con cordura."
Y respondió la diosa de Citeres:
--"Prefiero, como todas las mujeres,
que me amen poco tiempo y con locura."
"Te amaré diosa Venus, te amaré."
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Mad for love", copyright © 2020
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les folles d'amour", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Verrückt vor Liebe", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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"I shall love you, goddess Venus, if you wish
for me to love you for a long time and with good sense."
And the goddess of Cythera responded,
"I prefer, as all women do,
for you to love me for a short time and with madness."
I shall love you, goddess Venus.