YOU MAY COME NOW, HUSBAND
YOU MAY COME NOW, HUSBAND:/ You may come now, bridgedoom
Your wife is in the marriage chamber her countenance is flowery and radiant
alba parthenice like the white pearl or
yellow or poppy. / the saffron poppy
at, husband, so help me / But thus, bridgedoom
caelites, none the less / you are no less handsome
you are beautiful, neither is Venus / and Venus doesn't neglect you but the day is ending: go on, do not tarry. / keep on, don't waste time
you haven't waited long
you have come. good te Venus / now you're coming May good Venus
help, because I openly / help you, because what you desire
you desire what you desire, and the good / you desire it plainly
you do not hide your love. / and you don't conceal your good love
that powder of Africa / May he counts the sands in Africa
shining stars / and the number of blinking stars
subducts the number first, / before he wants to count
qui vestri voltare numerare / your many thousands
multa milia ludi./of love-games
close the doors, virgins: / Quit playing with maidens
we have played enough. but good / when games are enough
spouses, live well and / then live in a good marriage / produce children
that dust of the south
and glittering stars
subdues the number first
who wants to count you
many thousands of games.
exercise the youth.

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