by Christianus Adolphus Klotzius (1738 - 1771)
Ad Hesperum
Language: Latin
Te, qui nequitias furtaque mollia
et rapta e labiis oscula flammeis
attente specularis
blanda et murmura virginum,
supremum Veneris te genus, Hespere,
oro, qua superas omnia sidera,
o lucem nitidi oris
nigris insere nubibus.
sic ne me Glycerae mellea basia
figentem et Glyceram mellea basia
figentem mihi, matri
morosae timeo indices.
at limen quoties illius obsidet
invisus Bavius, tum precor, Hespere,
tum flamma rutilanti
vincas omnia sidera.
Text Authorship:
- by Christianus Adolphus Klotzius (1738 - 1771), from Carmina, 15 (Carmina omnia), first published 1766 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jan Novák (1921 - 1984), "Ad Hesperum", from Cantica latina, no. 37. [ sung text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 67