Wednesday, 1 November 2023

Consolation for the Soul

Kempo van Texel (active c. 1505-1522)
Consolatio ad animam

Tristia quum dulcis resecantur stamina vite
   Te vocat altitonans ni malefacta premant.
 
When the sorrowful threads of sweet life are cut short, the high-thunderer calls you, unless your evil deeds restrain you.
Kempo van Texel, Carmina et epigrammata pulcherrima [(Zwolle : Peter Os van Breda, 150?)], p.23. My translation.