Amoris ignes si sentires, mulio,
magi properares, ut videres Venerem.
 ... 
bibisti: eamus, prende lora et excute,
Pompeios defer, ubi dulcis est amor.
 ... 

Note: an inscription from Pompeii.

Composition:

Set to music by Jan Novák (1921 - 1984), "Amoris ignes", lines 1-2,4-5, from Cantica latina, no. 16

Text Authorship:

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, no title

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• ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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