by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE)
Diffugere nives See original
Language: Latin
Our translations: ENG
Diffugere nives, redeunt iam gramina campis
Arboribusque comae;
Mutat terra vices, et decrescentia ripas
Flumina praetereunt.
Gratia cum Nymphis geminisque sororibus audet
Ducere nuda choros.
Immortalia ne speres, monet annus et almum
Quae rapit hora diem.
Frigora mitescunt Zephyris, ver proterit aestas
Interitura, simul
Pomifer Autumnus fruges effuderit, et mox
Bruma recurrit iners.
Damna tamen celeres reparant caelestia lunae:
Nos, ubi decidimus,
Quo pius Aeneas, quo Tullus dives et Ancus,
Pulvis et umbra sumus.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Jan Novák (1921 - 1984), "Diffugere nives", stanzas 1-4, from Cantica latina, no. 10
Text Authorship:
- by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina (Odes), in 4. Liber IV (Book IV), no. 7
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle) , "À Torquatus"
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Word count: 130