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Amor individuus [26]
Amor individuus.
Salmacidis tepidas qui vir descendit in undas,
Semivir haud longo tempore factus abit:
Salmacides lymphæ sunt desidis otia vitæ.
Quæ faciunt molles & sine corde viros.
Semivir haud longo tempore factus abit:
Salmacides lymphæ sunt desidis otia vitæ.
Quæ faciunt molles & sine corde viros.
Onghedeelde Liefde.
Van waer komt doch, o Nimph Salmacis, dat u vloeden,
Nature zoo herschept? maar haar kracht is zoo stijf,
Dat zy verwand'len doet de mannelijcke moeden,
En maacktse harteloos, en vveecklijck als een vvijf,
Nature zoo herschept? maar haar kracht is zoo stijf,
Dat zy verwand'len doet de mannelijcke moeden,
En maacktse harteloos, en vveecklijck als een vvijf,
L'une moitie ne peut sans l'autre.
D'ou vient, Nimphe des eaux, amoureuse Salmace,
Que tirant forcement l'Androigne en ton sein,
Il devint aussi tot d'un double sexe humain,
Ayant au corps viril joinct la pucelle grace?
Mes Salmacides eaux, sont ceux doisiveté,
Qui font d'un cœur viril, un corps effeminé.
Que tirant forcement l'Androigne en ton sein,
Il devint aussi tot d'un double sexe humain,
Ayant au corps viril joinct la pucelle grace?
Mes Salmacides eaux, sont ceux doisiveté,
Qui font d'un cœur viril, un corps effeminé.
Translations
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Unseparable love. |
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The man who descends into the lukewarm waves of the Salmacis, Returns from them within a short time half a man. The pleasures of an idle life are Salmacidian waters: They make men soft and gutless. |
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Hermaphroditus and Salmacis changed into a hermaphrodite: at the prayer of the fountain-nymph Salmacis, who holds the bathing Hermaphroditus closely embraced, their bodies fuse- hoofed animals: deer
[25F24(DEER)]
- forest, wood
[25H15]
- youth, adolescent (+ nude human being)
[31D12(+89)]
- adolescent, young woman, maiden (+ nude human being)
[31D13(+89)]
- proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT)
[86(AMOR INDIVIDUUS)]
- Hermaphroditus and Salmacis changed into a hermaphrodite: at the prayer of the fountain-nymph Salmacis, who holds the bathing
Hermaphroditus closely embraced, their bodies fuse (Ovid, Metamorphoses IV 373)
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