Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629)
Table of contents ↑Competentia Amoris [7]
Competentia Amoris.
VII.
August.
Nyssen.
SAgitta iacitur Amoris mundani, vt necem cor-
di inferat, sed frustra: cæcus sagittat in aëra,
Sagitta iacitur Amoris diuini & transfigit cor,
quod cum transfixum est, vita excitatur, non inte-
ritus comparatur. nouit Dominus sagittare ad
Amorem; imo sagittat cor amantis vt adiuuet
amantem; sagittat vt faciat amantem.
Sagittarius eiaculatus hoc telum, est ipsa dile-
ctio, qui telum electum ad eos mittit, qui seruan-
tur, spiritu vitæ, triplicem cuspidis aciem inun-
gens, vt eum in quem immissa fuerit vnà cum te-
lo & ipso sagittario, in vnum colligat.
SAgitta iacitur Amoris mundani, vt necem cor-
di inferat, sed frustra: cæcus sagittat in aëra,
Sagitta iacitur Amoris diuini & transfigit cor,
quod cum transfixum est, vita excitatur, non inte-
ritus comparatur. nouit Dominus sagittare ad
Amorem; imo sagittat cor amantis vt adiuuet
amantem; sagittat vt faciat amantem.
Sagittarius eiaculatus hoc telum, est ipsa dile-
ctio, qui telum electum ad eos mittit, qui seruan-
tur, spiritu vitæ, triplicem cuspidis aciem inun-
gens, vt eum in quem immissa fuerit vnà cum te-
lo & ipso sagittario, in vnum colligat.
Competence de l'Amour.
VII.
Ces deux archers n'ont pas vn mesme zele,
Comme ilz ont bien vn arc, vn traict, vn aisle,
Car leur effect est du tout differant:
Les traicts de l'vn sont animez de vie;
Les traicts de l'autre enuenimez d'enuie;
L'vn est aueugle, & l'autre clair voyant.
VII.
Ces deux archers n'ont pas vn mesme zele,
Comme ilz ont bien vn arc, vn traict, vn aisle,
Car leur effect est du tout differant:
Les traicts de l'vn sont animez de vie;
Les traicts de l'autre enuenimez d'enuie;
L'vn est aueugle, & l'autre clair voyant.
Translations
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Conjunction of love. |
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The arrow of worldly love is shot to bring death to the heart, but without success. Being blind it shoots it into empty space.
An arrow of divine love is shot away and pierces the heart and when this heart has been pierced, life is aroused, no death
is invited. The Lord knows how to shoot an arrow towards love. No, he shoots an arrow into the lover's heart in order to help
him in his love. He shoots him to make him a lover. The archer who launched this weapon is delight itself, that sends its
chosen weapon to those who are saved, anointing the threefold point of the spear with the spirit of life, in order to unite
him, towards whom it was shot, with the weapon. |
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Sharp arrows of the mighty. |
Sources and parallels
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Possibly based on, not mirrored: Competentia amoris. [2] (in: anonymous, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1628))
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Same copperplate, slightly altered, in: Met de oogen word het hart verwonnen [34] (in: Willem den Elger, Zinne-beelden der liefde (1703))
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References, across this site, to this page:
- Competentia amoris. [2] (in: anonymous, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1628))
- Met de oogen word het hart verwonnen [34] (in: Willem den Elger, Zinne-beelden der liefde (1703))