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by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (c480 - 524)

Si vis celsi iura tonantis
Language: Latin 
Si vis celsi iura tonantis
Pura sollers cernere mente,
Aspice summi culmina caeli.
Illic iusto foedere rerum
Veterem servant sidera pacem.
Non sol rutilo concitus igne
Gelidum Phoebes impedit axem
Nec quae summo vertice mundi
Flectit rapidos Ursa meatus,
Numquam occiduo lota profundo
Cetera cernens sidera mergi
Cupit oceano tingere flammas.
Semper vicibus temporis aequis
Vesper seras nuntiat umbras
Revehitque diem Lucifer almum.
Sic aeternos reficit cursus
Alternus amor, sic astrigeris
Bellum discors exulat oris.
Haec concordia temperat aequis
Elementa modis, ut pugnantia
Vicibus cedant umida siccis
lungantque fidem frigora flammis,
Pendulus ignis surgat in altum
Terraeque graves pondere sidant.
Isdem causis vere tepenti
Spirat florifer annus odores,
Aestas Cererem fervida siccat,
Remeat pomis gravis autumnus,
Hiemem defluus inrigat imber.
Haec temperies alit ac profert
Quidquid vitam spirat in orbe

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Boethius, ANICII MANLII SEVERINI BOETHII V.C. ET INL. EXCONS. ORD. EX MAG. OFF. PATRICII PHILOSOPHIAE CONSOLATIONIS LIBER I , Harvard University Press p372


Text Authorship:

  • by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (c480 - 524), no title, appears in De consolatione philosophiae, no. 6 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Hans Henkemans (1913 - 1995), "Alternus amor", 1968, copyright © 1968 [ mixed chorus and orchestra ], from Tre aspetti d'amore, no. 3, Amsterdam: Donemus [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-04-12
Line count: 31
Word count: 130

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