This morning in the sweet month of May

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Virgo virginum – This morning in the...

Language: Latin

Virgo, virginum, 
Lumen luminum, 
Reformatrix hominum, 
Que portasti Dominum, 
Per te Maria, 
Detur venia. 
Angelo nunciante, 
Virgo es post et ante.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Harvey

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Jonathan Harvey (1939 - 2012), "Virgo virginum – This morning in the sweet month of May", 1996 [ mixed chorus ], from Two Fragments, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-08-22
Line count: 8
Word count: 21

This morning in the sweet month of May

Language: English after the Latin

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This morning in the sweet month of May,
as the sun was rising
I entered an orchard.
Beneath a verdant pine
a maid I found, roses picking.
Then I drew near her and offered her true love.
She replied to me: "Never shall you touch me,
for I have a sweet friend."

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-08-22
Line count: 8
Word count: 52