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[6] Venus vertelt hun de oorzaak van haar verdriet.

Venus:

Ik smelt van druk,
Om 't ongeluk,
Dat zy my verlaaten,
En schuwen, en haaten.
[6] Venus tells them what causes her sorrow.

Venus:

I melt from the strains,
The accident pains,
That they left me,
And shun and hate me.

Translation: Martin Cleaver

Camerata Trajectina (artiest), Johan Schenk (1660-ca 1712): Bacchus, Ceres en Venus (1686). GLO 6060
2006
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