IN TENEBRIS SINE TE.

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Cùm te non video, mea lux, vel nigra videntur
Lilia, & haud lucent lucida signa poli,
Luridus & solis mihi, crede, est aureus orbis:
Ipsi etiam melli fellis amaror inest.

Absence killeth.

Not to enioy the sight of my faire ladies face,
Makes nothing vnto mee to yeeld his true delight,
The lillie seemeth black, the Sunne to lack his light,
Through absence of my loue thus altred is the case.

La gioia m’annoia.

Priuo di voi cor mio, hò guerra in pace,
Mi sembran neri i gigli, oscuro il sole,
E putenti le rose, e le viole.
Per l’absenza al’ Amante il tutto spiace.

Het af zijn doodt my.

’t Is al niet sonder v/ ’t is al-te-mael t’ondeghen:
De lelien zijn swert/ en duyster ’s hemels licht
Als ick v niet meer sie/ o son van mijn gesicht.
d’Absency van een lief maeckt alle dinghen teghen.

l’Absence tue

Sans vous tout m’est fascheux & rien ne me peut plaire.
Les lis me semblent noirs, & obscur le soleil:
Quand plus ie ne vous vois, ô clarté de mon oeil.
Par l’absence à l’amant toute chose est contraire.

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Translations

In het duister zonder jou.

In the dark without you.

Als ik u niet zie, mijn leven, lijken zelfs lelies zwart, de lichtende sterren aan de hemel schijnen niet en de gouden bal van de zon, geloof me, is bleek voor mij, zelfs in honing is de bitterheid van gal.

When I do not see you, my darling, even lilies seem black and the lighting stars in heaven do not shine, and believe me, the golden ball of the sun is pale for me, even in honey itself is the bitterness of gall.

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Literature

Sebastiàn, Lectura crítica, p. 33

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Sources and parallels

Parallel for the pictura (mirrored) and the same French and Latin motto (almost) in: Un Amour dans un Jardin plein de Fleurs où il n’y a point de Soleil (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691)) [Compare]

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Un Amour dans un Jardin plein de Fleurs où il n’y a point de Soleil (in: Daniel de la Feuille, Devises et emblemes (1691))

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Under a cloudy sky a cupid, hit in the chest by an arrow, gestures towards lilies that are dark

darkness [22C9]
flowers: lily (+ plants used symbolically) [25G41(LILY)(+1)]
low hill country [25H114]
farm or solitary house in landscape [25I3]
violent death by arrow(s) - EE - death not certain; wounded person [31EE23461]
lovesick lover [33C971]
fenced or walled garden; 'Hortus Conclusus' [41A635]
archer's weapons: arrow [45C15(ARROW)]
quiver [45C23]
Nothingness, Absence (+ emblematical representation of concept) [51AA4(+4)]
Pain, Sorrow, Sadness; 'Dolore', 'Dolore di Zeusi' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56BB1(+4)]
Disgust, Dislike, Repulsion, Nausea (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56BB4(+4)]
(personifications and symbolic representations of) Love; 'Amore (secondo Seneca)' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56F2(+4)]
proverbs, sayings, etc. (with TEXT) [86(IN TENEBRIS SINE TE)]
suffering, misfortune of Cupid [92D16]
attributes of Cupid (with NAME) [92D18(QUIVER)]

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In tenebris sine te [62]

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