by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Olim lacus colueram See original
Language: Latin
Olim lacus colueram
olim pulcher extiteram,
dum cignus ego fueram.
Miser, miser!
modo niger
et ustus fortiter!
Girat, regirat garcifer;
me rogus urit fortiter;
propinat me nunc dapifer.
Miser, miser!
modo niger
et ustus fortiter!
...
Nunc in scutella iaceo,
et volitare nequeo,
dentes frendentes video.
Miser, miser!
modo niger
et ustus fortiter!
Composition:
- Set to music by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "Olim lacus colueram", 1935-6, stanzas 1-4,9-10 [ tenor and men's chorus ], from Carmina Burana, no. 12
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, no title, appears in Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae, first published c1300
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2011-04-24
Line count: 30
Word count: 90