MS. of Benedictbeuern (Carmina Burana) | So by my singing am I comforted

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation by Helen Jane Waddell (1889 - 1965)

Sic mea fata canendo solor

Language: Latin

Sic mea fata canendo solor, 
ut nece proxima facit olor. 
roseus effugit ore color, 
blandus inest meo cordi dolor. 
  cura crescente, 
  labore vigente, 
  vigore labente, 
  miser morior, 
hei morior, hei morior, hei morior ! 
dum quod amem cogor, sed non amor.

Si me dignetur quam desidero, 
felicitate Jovem supero. 
nocte cum illa si dormiero 
si sua labra semel suxero, 
  mortem subire, 
  placenter obire, 
  vitamque finire 
  libens potero, 
hei potero, hei potero, hei potero. 
tanta si gaudia recepero.

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Sic mea fata canendo solor"

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MS. of Benedictbeuern (Carmina Burana)

(Sung text for setting by M. Herbert)

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Language: English after the Latin

So by my singing am I comforted 
Even as the swan that singing makes death sweet, 
For from my face is gone the wholesome red. 
And soft grief in my heart is sunken deep. 
  For sorrow still increasing, 
  And travail unreleasing, 
  And strength from me fast flying, 
  And I for sorrow dying, 
Dying, dying, dying, 
Since she I love cares nothing for my sighing. 

If she whom I desire would stoop to love me, 
I should look down on Jove ; 
If for one night my lady would lie by me, 
And I kiss the mouth I love, 
  Then come Death unrelenting, 
  With quiet breath consenting, 
  I go forth
  unrepenting, 
Content, content, content, 
That such delight were ever to me lent.

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Composition:

Muriel Emily Herbert

Text Authorship:

by Helen Jane Waddell (1889 - 1965), "MS. of Benedictbeuern", appears in Medieval Latin Lyrics, first published 1929

Based on:

a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Sic mea fata canendo solor"
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-03-24
Line count: 30
Word count: 184