by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Venus, du und dein Kind
Language: German (Deutsch)
Venus, du und dein Kind,
seid alle beide blind,
und pflegt auch zu verblenden,
we sich zu euch tut wenden,
wie ich wohl hab' erfahren,
in meinen jungen Jahren.
Amor, du Kindlein bloß,
wem dein vergiftes Gschoß,
das Herz einmal berühret,
der wird alsbald verführet,
wie ich wohl hab' erfahren,
in meinen jungen Jahren.
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- ENG English [singable] (Linda Godry) , title 1: "Venus, you and your child", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Venus, you and your child
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Venus, you and your child
are both, are both born blind,
and those who do implore you,
do share the same sad fate,
as I have lived to see,
way back, when I was young.
Amor, you poor bare child,
oh those whose heart you hit
well with your poisoned arrow,
will soon give in beguiled,
as I have lived to see,
way back, when I was young.
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