St. Ghislain, A Song for Loiusa

Gislenus Bultelius
1555-1611 AD
Trans RMBullard
Latin (Renaissance Era)



AD LOYSAM.

(1) Ecce Cupidines, infelix ardeo flamis
[Look you Cupids, how unhappily I burn in flames]


 Venit et ex oculis fax mihi prima tuis.
[and the very first torch comes to me, away from your eyesight.]

Et iam succensi periissem uiribus ignis,
[and already did I perished from the forces of burning fire,]

Visa sed ista fuit poena remissa tibi.
[But these are the kinds of punishments that have been once again caused by you.]

(5) Das lacrumis caussas;
[Speak now the causes of my tears;]

 si uis me, dura, perire,
[You cruel girl, if you want to die,]

Una fuit morti caussa paranda meae;
[there must be only way that I can prepare to die;]

Qui uenit ex oculis, lacrumis stillantibus,
[That which comes out of my eyes, while my tears drop down,]

 humor
Non sinit accenso pectus ab igne mori,
[this very liquid does not left my heart perish from the fire that has started burning,]

Sic tamen,
[And so, nevertheless]

ut flamis moderatior ille uicissim
(10) Non mergat miserum largus in imbre suo.
[the result is that, in response, that aforesaid liquid, which is more temperate than my flames, will not far and wide drown a miserable fellow in its own shower.]

Viuo igitur spiroque,
[And so I live and I breathe]

 sed ut sit caussa propinquae
Vita necis,
[but only such that there night be a cause of approaching death in my life,]

uitae mors quoque caussa meae.
[death too will be the purpose of my life.]

Si uis in cineres me, saeua, uidere redactum,
[if you wish, you savage girl, to see me reduced to cinders]

(Quam tibi, plus certe haec uita molesta mihi est )
[and how indeed has this life of mine been a cause of trouble to you]

(15) Desine suppetias morienti ferre, semelque,
[Stop bring your requests to a dying men, not even once,]

Ne moriar toties me sine ( quaeso ) mori.
[lest I die a thousand deaths, let me simply just die, I beg you.]

Quos tamen accusem ?
[And still whom shall I accuse?]

Men' ?
[myself?]

 qui non pectora ferro
Dilacerem, morti constituamque modum ?
[I, who could not tear apart my heart with the sword, can I decide the cause of my death?]

An magis insimulem, qui me succendit, Amorem,
[Or rather can I pretend that it is Love, that burnt me up]


(20) Qui dedit in uacuo pectore regna tibi ?
[who gave control over a idle heart to you?]

Nam te Diuini tutatur gratia uultus,
[You see, the presence of a Divine face looks upon you,]

Absoluuntque ipsis aemula labra rosis.
[And rival lips loosen it from its own roses.]

Hoc tamen admiror,
[and yet, I wonder upon this,]

 miserum me uiuere posse,
[how I can live so miserably,]

Cuius in exitium est caussa reperta duplex.
[I whose reason for destruction has been discovered to be two-fold.]

St. Ghislain, A Song to Night

Gislenus Bultelius
1555-1611 AD
Trans RMBullard
Latin (Renaissance Era)


GISLENUS BULTELIUS
AD NOCTEM


Heu quam lenta dies, quam sera crepuscula Noctis
Adueniunt !
[Alas, how slow the day is, how late the sunsets of Night arrive!]


Iam me tam mora longa necat.
[Now, so long a delay now kills me.]


Quam Sol lentus abit, caussas qui tollit amoris !
[how slow does the sun leave, which raises the reasons of love!]


Ibi me Loysa prato
Medio iubet sedere,
[In that place does Louisa bid me to sit in the Persian meadow,]

(20) Liquidaque uoce carmen
Tenero canens Amori,
[while she sings in crisp tune a song to soft Love,]

Nemus omne personare
Volucrum facit canoris
Modulis;
[the entire forest comes alive with the measured chirping of birds]

renidet aër;
[the air grows bright again]

(25) Violae rosaeque rident;
[The violets and roses smile;]

Strepit unda murmurillans,
[A whispering wave of water echoes]

Cytharaeque concinentis
Numeros modosque dulces
Iterans recantat Echo.
[And repeating the rhythms and sweet beats of Venus singing alongside, Echo sings in response.]


(30) Ego mi uidebar unus
Homines beatus inter
Alios beatiores,
[For my part did I used to think myself along, blessed, among the more blessed of men,]


Placide in sinu recumbens
Dominae,
[as I lay back slumbering peacefull in the lap of my mistress]

Ioui nec ipsi
(35) Superis nec inuidebam,
[neither Jove nor the divine gods themselves did I use to envy,]

Culices repente cum me
Strepitu molestae et oris
Pupugere telo acuto
[when without warning, did pestering mosquitos sting about the face, with their buzzing and sharp daggers]

Placidumque somnum ocellis

(40) Animoque propulere.
[and beat the gentle sleep right out of my eyes, and my mind.]

Fugit illico Loysa,
[Louisa runs away now,]

Fugiunt rosae et corollae
Violaeque
[the roses and violet crowns now flee away,]

meque rursus
Variis patere curis
(45) Video,
[and I find myself back again, suffering from my myriad of woes]

Loysa quarum
Mihi caussa fonsque sola est.
[of which Louisa is the cause, and the fount, for me.]

Iterum timet repulsam
Animus,
[And again, my mind fears her, now beaten back]

focusque in imis
Mihi perfurit medullis,
[and fire rages deeply in the depths of my bones,]

(50) Lacrumisque rursus ora
Gemituque corda turgent.
[My face swelled back again with tears, and by heart from groaning.]

Culices Dii Deaeque
Faciant perire,
[May the Gods and Goddesses make the pests go away]

 somnum
Mihi qui meum abstulerunt,
[the ones who stole my slumber away from me,]

(55) At enim furens nec ursus,
Leo nec lupusque fatum
Mihi triste praeparabat.
[but you see, neither the raging Bear, nor the Lion, nor the wolf were preparing some sad outcome for me.]

Clytio sed ista lex est
Data, credo, fato ut illi,
[instead, this kind of law was granted by Clytius, as for specifically for that fate,]

(60) Nec imago falsa somni,
Animum dolore uero
Queat obrutum leuare.
[nor can the false image of sleep alleviate the mind when it's been overwhelmed by grief.]

Tamen, o Loysa flaua,
Mihi sola spes amorque es,
[Nevertheless, o fair-haired Louisa, you alone are my hope, and my love,]

(65) Tua prima nostra flama,
Tua et ultima es futura,
[You first were my first flame, and you will be my very last,]

Mihi nullus a Loysae
Alius calescet ignis.
[Let no other fire grow hot for me, unless it belongs to Loiusa.]

St. Ghislain, Slumber

Gislenus Bultelius
1555-1611 AD
Trans RMBullard
Latin (Renaissance Era)

GISLENUS BULTELIUS

SOMNIVM

(1) Ego me, premente somno

Placidae dedi quieti;

[It is I who have surrendered myself to peaceful sleep in my heavy slumber.]

Animum dolore fessum

Sopor altus occupauit.

[Deep sleepiness seized my mind, weary from grief.]

(5) Ibi se mihi Loysa

Dedit obuiam, manuque

Mihi dexteram praehendit,

[Louise approached, facing me over there, and took my right arm in her hand,]

Simul et procul reduxit

Syluae in uagos recessus.

[and at the same time, she led me back into the wandering recesses of the Forest.]

(10) Animas locus beatas
Scelerumque sorde puras
Habet ille Amorque castus
Volat huc et huc et illuc.
[This is a place for blessed and pure minds, free from wicked deeds, and that well-known and chaste god, Love, flits here and there and back again.]

Tenerae rosas puellae et
(15) Violas legunt et herbas.
[Tender maidens now pick roses, violets, and grasses.]

Bene olentibus parandis
Studet illa et haec corollis.
[Over here, a girl eager to smell them, a girl over there to make little garlands.]