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II. IN TABERNA Estuans interius ira vehementi in amaritudine loquor mee menti: factus de materia, cinis elementi, similis sum folio, de quo ludunt venti. Cum sit enim proprium viro sapienti supra petram ponere sedem fundamenti, stultus ego comparor fluvio labenti, sub eodem tramite nunquam permanenti. Feror ego veluti sine nauta navis, ut per vias aeris vaga fertur avis; non me tenent vincula, non me tenet clavis, quero mihi similes et adiungor pravis. Mihi cordis gravitas res videtur gravis; iocus est amabilis dulciorque favis; quicquid Venus imperat, labor est suavis, que nunquam in cordibus habitat ignavis. Via lata gradior more iuventutis, inplicor et vitiis immemor virtutis, voluptatis avidus magis quam salutis, mortuus in anima curam gero cutis.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, appears in Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae, first published c1300 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "Estuans interius", 1935-6 [ baritone ], from Carmina Burana, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Burning inside", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ardente l'animo (Baritono)", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "Ardiendo interiormente", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2011-04-24
Line count: 41
Word count: 116
En la taverna Ardiendo interiormente de ira vehemente, con amargura digo para mí: Hecho de materia, como de ceniza, soy como la hoja con que juega el viento. Aunque es propio de hombre sabio poner sobre piedra la base del cimiento, yo, tonto, soy como río que fluye y en el mismo cauce nunca permanece. Soy llevado como nave sin piloto, como por el aire el pájaro es llevado. No me retienen ataduras, no me encierran llaves, busco a mis semejantes, y me uno a los perversos. La seriedad de espíritu me parece cosa fiera, el juego es amable, más dulce que la miel. Lo que Venus ordena es tarea suave, pues nunca habita en corazones débiles. Me gusta el camino ancho como a los jóvenes, me voy con el vicio, olvidado de la virtud, ávido de placeres más que de salud, y muerto en el alma, cuido mi cuerpo.
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- Translation from Latin to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2015 by Saúl Botero Restrepo, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , appears in Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae, first published c1300
This text was added to the website: 2015-09-14
Line count: 41
Word count: 150