Ænigmata

Song Cycle by Michael Ippolito (b. 1985)

1. Echo
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
virgo modesta nimis legem bene servo pudoris.
ore procax non sum, nec sum temeraria linguae.
ultra nolo loqui, sed do responsa loquenit.

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  • ENG English (Elizabeth Hickman Du Bois) , "Echo", first published 1912

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2. speculum (mirror)
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
nulla mihi certa est, nulla est peregrina figura. 
fulgor inest intus radianti luce coruscus, 
qui nihil ostendit, nisi si quid viderit ante.

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  • ENG English (Elizabeth Hickman Du Bois) , "Mirror", first published 1912

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3. mola / mula (mill / mule)
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
ambo sumus lapides, una sumus, ambo iacemus. 
quam piger est unus, tantum non est piger alter; 
hic manet immotus, non desinit ille moveri.

dissimilis matri, patri diversa figura, 
confusi generis, generi non apta propago, 
ex aliis nascor, nec quicquam nascitur ex me.

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  • ENG English (Elizabeth Hickman Du Bois) , "Mill / Mule", first published 1912

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4. clepsydra (water clock)
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
lex bona dicendi, lex sum quoque dura tacendi, 
ius avidae linguae, finis sine fine loquendi, 
ipsa fluens dum verba fluunt ut lingua quiescat.

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  • ENG English (Elizabeth Hickman Du Bois) , "Water clock", first published 1912

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5. rotae (wheels)
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
quattuor aequales currunt ex arte sorores 
sic quasi certantes, cum sit labor omnibus unus; 
et prope sunt pariter nec se contingere possunt.

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  • ENG English (Elizabeth Hickman Du Bois) , "Wheels", first published 1912

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6. somnus (sleep)
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
sponte mea veniens varias ostendo figuras.
fingo metus vanos nullo discrimine veri; 
sed me nemo videt, nisi qui sua lumina claudit.

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  • ENG English (Elizabeth Hickman Du Bois) , "Sleep", first published 1912

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Total word count: 152