Otto Vaenius, Amorum emblemata (1608)

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Os cordis secreta revelat [35]


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OS CORDIS SECRETA REVELAT.translationtranslation
Plutarch.
Vbi dolet, ibi manum adhibemus: sic si quid
delectet, ibi linguam. translationtranslation

The mouth is the discouerer of the mynd.
There where the smarte is felt the hand is lightly layd,
And what the harte contaynes that doth the mouth discouer,
Much for to speak of loue doth manifest the louer,
By often speech of loue loue often is betrayd.

La lingua corre doue il dente duole.
Ponsi la man là doue, ò cuoce,
Di quel che s’ama si ragiona ogn’hora;
Parlando assai scuopresi Amor anchora,
Alleggia il cor quelche’ à l’amante noce.

Daer ’t herte vol af is/ spreeckt den mondt af.
Daer ’t seer doet tast men na/ en daer men het voelt smerten/
Ghemeynelick men spreeckt van ’t gheen daer ’t hert na treckt:
Voor ’t spreken van sijn lief wert dickwijls Liefd’ ontdeckt.
Het gheen’ den minnaer schaedt verlicht den grondt sijns herten.

Dont le coeur est plein, la bouche parle.
Ou l’on se sent blessé, la main souuent s’y porte,
De ce qu’on aime fort on en parle tousiours:
Le parler assidu decouure les amours,
Et souuant tout malheur de ceste source forte.



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Translations

De mond openbaart de geheimen van het hart.
The mouth reveals the secrets of the heart.
Plutarchus, De garrulitate 513 e
Als iets pijn doet, brengen we onze hand erheen; evenzo brengen we als iets ons plezier doet onze tong erheen.
Plutarchus, De garrulitate 513 e
Where one feels pain, there will he keep his hand, but also what causes pleasure draws the voice toward itself. [tr. W.C. Hembold, Loeb VI, p. 459]

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