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by Vergil (70 BCE - 19 BCE)

Translation © by David Wyatt

Dulces exuviae

(Sung text for setting by Josquin des Prez)

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Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

Dulces exuviae, dum fata deusque sinebat,
accipite hanc animam meque his exsolvite curis,
Vixi et quem dederat cursum fortuna peregi,
et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit imago.
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Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-4 of the original text.

Composition:

Josquin des Prez

Text Authorship:

by Vergil (70 BCE - 19 BCE), appears in Aeneid

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Sweet relics, as long as fate and the god allow", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (John Dryden) , written 1697

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This text was added to the website: 2009-10-31
Line count: 8
Word count: 53

Sweet relics, as long as fate and the god allow

(Sung text translation for setting by Josquin des Prez)

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Language: English after the Latin

O relics, sweet as long as fate and the god allowed,
Receive this my spirit and free me from these troubles;
I have lived, and finished the course which fortune gave me,
And now my great shade soul will go under the earth to Hades.
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Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-4 of the original text.

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This text was added to the website: 2012-10-25
Line count: 8
Word count: 83