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I. PRIMO VERE Veris leta facies mundo propinatur, hiemalis acies victa iam fugatur, in vestitu vario Flora principatur, nemorum dulcisonoque cantu celebratur. Ah! Flore fusus gremio Phebus novo more risum dat, hoc vario iam stipate flore. Zephyrus nectareo spirans in odore, certatim pro bravio curramus in amore. Ah! Cytharizat cantico dulcis philomena, flore rident vario prata iam serena, salit cetus avium silve per amena, chorus promit virginum iam gaudia millena. Ah!
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), "Veris leta facies", 1935-6 [ semi-chorus ], from Carmina Burana, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "The joyful face of Spring", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "L'allegro volto di primavera (Semi-coro)", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "Su alegre rostro la primavera", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2011-04-24
Line count: 25
Word count: 71
I. PRIMAVERA L'allegro volto di primavera si manifesta ovunque, le schiere dell'inverno, sconfitte, sono ormai in fuga, in veste variopinta prende il potere Flora, e il canto dolce dei boschi la festeggia solenne. Ah! Avvinto al grembo di Flora, Torna a sorridere Febo, d'ogni varietà di fiori dappertutto ricolmo. Spira Zefiro intorno con profumi di nettare, affrettiamoci a gara per il premio d'Amore. Ah! La sua cetra intona il dolce usignolo, di variopinti fiori ridono sereni i prati, ascende uno stormo di uccelli fra incantevoli boschi, il coro delle vergini annuncia mille delizie. Ah!
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- Translation from Latin to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2011 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (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
This text was added to the website: 2011-04-24
Line count: 25
Word count: 94