Ludovicus van Leuven, Amoris divini et humani antipathia (1629)
Table of contents ↑Renovatio Amoris [33]
Renouatio Amoris.
XXXIII.
Ouid.
Quisquis es, antiqui remoue monumenta caloris,
A regno Dominæ qui modo liber abis.
Vera nec ora vide, moueat nec imago saliuam,
Nec digitis gemmas, quas tulit illa, gere.
Fax exstincta recens trahit, ah! trahit eminus ignem,
Et redit in flammam quod vapor antè fuit.
Sic nisi vitaris quidquid reuocabit Amorem,
Flamma recandescit quæ modò nulla fuit.
Ouid.
Quisquis es, antiqui remoue monumenta caloris,
A regno Dominæ qui modo liber abis.
Vera nec ora vide, moueat nec imago saliuam,
Nec digitis gemmas, quas tulit illa, gere.
Fax exstincta recens trahit, ah! trahit eminus ignem,
Et redit in flammam quod vapor antè fuit.
Sic nisi vitaris quidquid reuocabit Amorem,
Flamma recandescit quæ modò nulla fuit.
Plutar.
Paul.
AMor quamquam discedit aut tempore, aut ra-
tione victus, non tamen penitus relinquit ani-
mam, remanetque in eâ vestigium veluti siluæ
exustæ aut fumantis. res de facili redit ad suam
naturam.
AMor quamquam discedit aut tempore, aut ra-
tione victus, non tamen penitus relinquit ani-
mam, remanetque in eâ vestigium veluti siluæ
exustæ aut fumantis. res de facili redit ad suam
naturam.
De facili natura recurrit.
Renouuellement de l'Amour.
XXXIII.
Si lors que nos Amours esteignent leurs chandelles,
Celle aussy du diuin s'esteignoit auecq elles,
Qui pourroit esperer de r'allumer ces feux?
Mais puis que ce flambeau ne perdi iamais ses flames,
Lors que le nostre meurt, approchons en nos ames,
Nous les veoirons bien tost viure & brusler tous deux.
XXXIII.
Si lors que nos Amours esteignent leurs chandelles,
Celle aussy du diuin s'esteignoit auecq elles,
Qui pourroit esperer de r'allumer ces feux?
Mais puis que ce flambeau ne perdi iamais ses flames,
Lors que le nostre meurt, approchons en nos ames,
Nous les veoirons bien tost viure & brusler tous deux.
Translations
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Renewal of love. |
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You whoever you are who leaves the mistress's realm, remove what reminds you of old passion, just so you be free. Neither regard real faces, nor let an image make your mouth water And do not wear precious stones on your fingers that she once wore. A torch, above all one only recently quenched, draws, yes, drags fire towards itself And what previously was vapour becomes flame again. Unless you eschew anything that recalls your love, The flame flares up that a moment ago was nothing at all. |
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Although love goes away, overcome by time and reason, still it does not leave the soul totally, and there remains the trace
of as it were a burnt out or smoking forest. |
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Nature will return to the ways once condemned. |
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But it is fitting to flee the visions and wipe off the fodder of love, and turn the mind elsewhere. |
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The matter easily returns to what it really is. |
Sources and parallels
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Same copperplate, slightly altered, in: 't Gezigt van 't beminde verwekt liefde [49] (in: Willem den Elger, Zinne-beelden der liefde (1703))
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Candles, in:Flamma fumo proxima. [16] (in: Jacob Cats, Proteus (1618))
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References, across this site, to this page:
- Flamma fumo proxima. [16] (in: Jacob Cats, Proteus (1618))
- 't Gezigt van 't beminde verwekt liefde [49] (in: Willem den Elger, Zinne-beelden der liefde (1703))