by Claudius Claudianus (c370 - c404)
Fescenninum See original
Language: Latin
Our translations: ENG
Age cuncta nuptiali
redimita vere tellus
celebra toros eriles ;
omne nemus cum fluviis,
omne canat profundum
Ligures favete campi,
Veneti favete montes,
subitisque se rosetis
vestiat Alpinus apex
et rubeant pruinae.
Athesis strepat choreis
calamisque flexuosus
leve Mincius susurret
et Padus electriferis
admoduletur alnis ;
...
Aquiloniae procellae,
rabidi tacete Cauri,
taceat sonorus Auster.
solus ovantem Zephyrus
perdominetur annum.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3,9 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Jan Novák (1921 - 1984), "Fescenninum", stanzas 1-3,9, from Cantica latina, no. 18
Text Authorship:
- by Claudius Claudianus (c370 - c404), no title, appears in Fescennina de nuptiis Honorii Augusti, no. 2
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