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Amantes spes alit [4]


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Amantes spes alit.translation
Piscibus ob lucrum tenduntur retia, Amantes,
Nos quoque virginibus tendimus insidias:
Scilicet optatum quo possideamus amorem:
Sic spe quisque sua ducitur atque alitur. translation

Hoop voedt de minnaers.
Ghelijck de Zee-luy, en de Visschers aen der stranghen,
Op hoop van goede vangst gaen waghen lijf en goedt:
Zo werden de Minnaers met innerlijck verlanghen,
Oock vande zoete hoop gheleyt, en steets ghevoedt.

Espoir conduit la pesche.
Ces Esprits aquatiqs, ces amys de la Lune,
Qui soubs l'hazard du gain travaillent nuit & iour;
Ressemblent vivement à ces vassaux d'Amour;
Qui par mille dangers pourchassent leur fortune:
Car ilz vivent egaux tous deux de c'est espoir:
Que la fin les fera bon loyer recevoir.


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Lovers feed on hope.
Nets are cast out to catch fish, for gain, Lovers.
We also lay our ambush for maidens,
So as to obtain, of course, the love we have wished for;
In that way everyone is lead and fed by his own hope.


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    Cupids fishing from a boat and from a pole in the water

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