Carl Orff — Tempus est iocundum III. Cour dAmours

Latina [Soli per Soprano e Baritono, Coro e Ragazzi] Tempus est iocundum, o virgines, modo congaudete vos iuvenes! Oh, oh, oh! totus floreo! iam amore virginali totus ardeo! novus, novus amor est, quo pereo! Mea me confortat promissio, mea me deportat negatio. Oh, oh, oh! totus floreo! iam amore virginali totus ardeo! novus, novus amor est, quo pereo! Tempore brumali vir patiens, animo vernali lasciviens. Oh, oh, oh! totus floreo! iam amore virginali totus ardeo! novus, novus amor est, quo pereo! Mea mecum ludit virginitas, mea me detrudit simplicitas. Oh, oh, oh! totus floreo! iam amore virginali totus ardeo! novus, novus amor est, quo pereo! Veni, domicella, cum gaudio, veni, veni, pulchra, iam pereo. Oh, oh, oh! totus floreo! iam amore virginali totus ardeo! novus, novus amor est, quo pereo!   English [Soprano and Baritone soloists, chorus and children's chorus] This is the joyful time, O maidens, rejoice with them, young men! Oh, oh, oh! I am bursting out all over! I am burning all over with first love! New, new love is what I am dying of! I am heartened by my promise, I am downcast by my refusal. Oh, oh, oh! etc. In the winter man is patient, the breath of spring makes him lust. Oh, oh, oh! etc. My virginity makes me frisky, my simplicity holds me back. Oh, oh, oh! etc. Come, my mistress, with joy, come, come, my pretty, I am dying! Oh, oh, oh! etc.


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