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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Si puer cum puellula

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG ITA SPA

Si puer cum puellula
moraretur in cellula,
felix coniunctio.
Amore succrescente,
pariter e medio
propulso procul tedio,
fit ludus ineffabilis
membris, lacertis, labiis.

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), "Si puer cum puellula", 1935-6 [ 3 tenors, baritone, and 2 bass soli ], from Carmina Burana, no. 19 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "If a boy with a girl", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Se un ragazzo e una ragazza (3 Tenori, Baritono, 2 Bassi)", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "Si un joven y una muchacha", 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: 8
Word count: 23

If a boy with a girl

Language: English after the Latin

If a boy with a girl
in a chamber should tarry,
O happy union.
As love springs up,
and so from their midst
reluctance is driven away,
there comes the ineffable play
of limbs, of shoulders, of lips.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Latin to English copyright © 2025 by Grant Hicks, (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
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This text was added to the website: 2025-05-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 38