Levis exsurgit Zephyrus, et sol procedit tepidus; iam terra sinus aperit, dulcore suo diffluit. Ver purpuratum exiit, ornatus suos induit: aspergit terram floribus, ligna silvarum frondibus. Struunt lustra quadrupedes, et dulces nidos volucres; inter ligna florentia sua decantant gaudia. Quod oculis dum video et auribus dum audio, heu, pro tantis gaudiis tantis inflor suspiriis. Cum mihi sola sedeo et hec revolvens palleo, si forte caput sublevo, nec audio nec video. Tu saltim, Veris gratia, exaudi et considera frondes, flores et gramina; nam mea languet anima
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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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Helen Jane Waddell (1889 - 1965) , appears in Medieval Latin Lyrics, MS. of St. Augustine at Canterbury , first published 1929 ; composed by Jean Coulthard.
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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-27
Line count: 24
Word count: 85
Softly the west wind blows; Gaily the warm sun goes; The earth her bosom sheweth, And with all sweetness floweth. Goes forth the scarlet spring, Clad with all blossoming, Sprinkles the fields with flowers, Leaves on the forest Dens for four-footed things, Sweet nests for all with wings. On every blossomed bough Joy ringeth now. I see it with my eyes, I hear it with my ears, But in my heart are sighs, And I am full of tears. Alone with thought I sit, And blench, remembering it ; Sometimes I lift my head, I neither hear nor see. Do thou, O Spring most fair, Squander thy care, On [flower and leaf]1 and grain, And leave me alone with pain!
J. Coulthard sets stanzas 1, 6
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Coulthard: "flower, leaf"
Text Authorship:
- by Helen Jane Waddell (1889 - 1965), appears in Medieval Latin Lyrics, MS. of St. Augustine at Canterbury , first published 1929 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jean Coulthard (1908 - 2000), "Softly the west wind blows", 1962, stanzas 1,6 [ baritone and piano ], from Six Mediæval Love Songs, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-27
Line count: 24
Word count: 120