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Mors Amoris disiunctio [24]
Mors Amoris disiunctio.
Quid proprium infestas Troiano cuspide Elisæa1
Pectus, & auxilium quæris in exitio?
Heu! nisi per mortem veri solvuntur amantes:
Immitem hanc legem condidit arctus Amor.
Pectus, & auxilium quæris in exitio?
Heu! nisi per mortem veri solvuntur amantes:
Immitem hanc legem condidit arctus Amor.
De doodt ontbindt de Liefde.
O ghy valsche Troyaan, vvat mooghdy doch begheven
V Dido, die haer zelfs mistroostich laas! verdoet.
De waare liefde blijft zo langhe als vvy leven;
De doot schilvert alleen 't vereende trou-ghemoet.
V Dido, die haer zelfs mistroostich laas! verdoet.
De waare liefde blijft zo langhe als vvy leven;
De doot schilvert alleen 't vereende trou-ghemoet.
Le seul trespas, Met l'Amour.
Deux ames qui d'Amour sont ardamment esprises,
S'attachent a jamais d'un neud diamantin,
Qui ne se defait pas que par la dure fin,
Dont la mort vient borner toutes nos entreprises:
L'Amour n'est pas Amour qui finit en vivant,
La mort seule separe & l'un & l'autre amant.,
S'attachent a jamais d'un neud diamantin,
Qui ne se defait pas que par la dure fin,
Dont la mort vient borner toutes nos entreprises:
L'Amour n'est pas Amour qui finit en vivant,
La mort seule separe & l'un & l'autre amant.,
Translations
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Death is separation from love. |
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Why do you threaten your own breast with a Trojan lance, Elisaean woman? |
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Looking at the ships sailing away with Aeneas and his men, Dido is about to plunge herself on Aeneas's sword; her sister Anna approaches- breasts (+ nude human being)
[31A2223(+89)]
- kneeling on both knees - AA - female human figure
[31AA2331]
- running - AA - female human figure
[31AA27112]
- looking upwards (+ being sad, suffering, sorrowing)
[31B6211(+941)]
- looking upwards (+ being bitter)
[31B6211(+942)]
- looking upwards (+ being tormented)
[31B6211(+943)]
- violent death by sword (+ suicide out of despair)
[31E234631(+72)]
- loggia, verandah, porch
[41A381]
- sisters (second degree family relationships)
[42G2222]
- crown (symbol of sovereignty)
[44B191]
- ships (in general) (+ departure; weighing anchor)
[46C21(+62)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(MORS AMORIS DISIUNCTIO)]
- death of Dido; she climbs the funeral pyre and falls upon the sword of Aeneas (+ variant)
[96B332(+0)]
Comments
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Elis(s)a, another name for the queen of Carthage, Dido, when according to myth, more especially Vergil's Aeneid, Aeneas met
her, had a brief affair with her, then left her. When Dido realised that her lover would not stay, she committed suicide.