Atalanta Fugiens · 1618 · Emblem XLI
Adonis ab apro occiditur, cui Venus accurrens tinxit rosas sanguine.
Adonis is killed by a boar; Venus, running to him, dyed the roses with his blood.
Grief colours what it touches. The white roses turn red: the reddening arrives through loss.
What has your grief coloured?
Michael Maier, Atalanta Fugiens (Oppenheim, 1618). Engraving in the public domain. Motto transcribed from the 1618 edition; translation and reading by The Hermetic School. All the emblems.