Cum splendor lunae fulgescat ab aethere purae, Tu sta sub divo cernens speculamine miro, Qualiter ex luna splendescat lampade pura Et splendore suo caros amplectitur uno Corpore divisos, sed mentis amore ligatos. Si facies faciem spectare nequivit amantem, Hoc saltim nobis lumen sit pignus amoris! Hos tibi versiculos fidus transmisit amicus; Si de parte tua fidei stat fixa catena, Nunc precor, ut valeas felix per saecula cuncta.
1. Cum Splendor Lunae [sung text not yet checked]
Language: Latin
Text Authorship:
- by Walahfrid (c808 - 849), "Ad amicum"
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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]2. When the moon's splendour [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
When the moon's splendour shines in naked heaven
Stand thou and gaze beneath the open sky.
See how that radiance from her lamp is riven
And in one splendour foldeth gloriously
Two that have loved, and now divided far,
Bound by love's bond, in heart together are.
What though thy lover's eyes in vain desire thee,
Seek for love's face, and find that face denied?
Let that light be between us for a token;
Take this poor verse that love and faith inscribe.
Love, art thou true? and fast love's chain about thee?
Then for all time, O love, give thee joy!
Text Authorship:
- by Helen Jane Waddell (1889 - 1965), no title, appears in Mediaeval Latin Lyrics
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Walahfrid (c808 - 849), "Ad amicum"
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Confirmed with Helen Waddell, Mediaeval Latin Lyrics, 5th edition, London : Constable, 1948, p. 117
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 169