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by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE)

Integer vitae
 (Sung text for setting by J. Novák)
 Matches original text
Language: Latin 
Our translations:  ENG
Integer vitae scelerisque purus
non eget Mauris iaculis neque arcu
nec venenatis gravida sagittis,
  Fusce, pharetra,

sive per Syrtis iter aestuosas
sive facturus per inhospitalem
Caucasum vel quae loca fabulosus
  lambit Hydaspes.

namque me silva lupus in Sabina,
dum meam canto Lalagen et ultra
terminum curis vagor expeditis,
  fugit inermem,

quale portentum neque militaris
Daunias latis alit aesculetis
nec Iubae tellus generat, leonum
  arida nutrix.

pone me pigris ubi nulla campis
arbor aestiva recreatur aura,
quod latus mundi nebulae malusque
  Iuppiter urget,

pone sub curru nimium propinqui
solis, in terra domibus negata:
dulce ridentem Lalagen amabo,
  dulce loquentem.

Composition:

    Set to music by Jan Novák (1921 - 1984), "Integer vitae", from Cantica latina, no. 14

Text Authorship:

  • by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), "Integer vitae", appears in Carmina (Odes), in 1. Liber I (Book I), no. 22

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

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle) , "À Aristius Fuscus"
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Mario Rapisardi) , no title, appears in Le odi di Orazio, in 1. Libro primo, no. 22, first published 1883
  • POL Polish (Polski) (Lucjan Hipolit Siemieński) , "Do Arystyusza Fuska", first published 1916


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 98

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