There stood the girl

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Benjamin Kasiel Pixley

Stetit puella

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG ITA SPA

Stetit puella
rufa tunica.
siquis eam tetigit,
tunica crepuit. 
Eia.

stetit puella
tamquam rosula:
facie splenduit
et os eius floruit. 
Eia.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, appears in Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae, no. 177, 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 Jan Novák (1921 - 1984), "Stetit puella", from Cantica latina, no. 26 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "Stetit puella", 1935-6 [ soprano ], from Carmina Burana, no. 17 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Benjamin Kasiel Pixley) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Stava la fanciulla (Soprano)", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "Estaba una muchacha", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 21

There stood the girl

Language: English after the Latin

There stood the girl
In a red tunic.
If he touched her
The tunic rustled.
Oh my!

There stood the girl
As if she were a little rose:
Her face bloomed
And her mouth blossomed
Oh My!

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a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , appears in Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae, no. 177, first published c1300
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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-26
Line count: 10
Word count: 37