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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Saúl Botero Restrepo

Ecce gratum

Language: Latin

Our translations: ITA SPA

Ecce gratum
et optatum
ver reducit gaudia,
purpuratum
floret pratum,
sol serenat omnia.
Iam iam cedant tristia!
Estas redit,
nunc recedit
hyemis sevitia. Ah !

Iam liquescit
et decrescit
grando, nix et cetera,
bruma fugit,
et iam sugit
ver estatis ubera:
illi mens est misera,
qui nec vivit,
nec lascivit
sub Estatis dextera.Ah !

Gloriantur
et letantur
in melle dulcedinis,
qui conantur,
ut utantur
premio Cupidinis;
simus iussu Cypridis
gloriantes
et letantes
pares esse Paridis. Ah !

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, appears in Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae, first published c1300 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "Ecce gratum", 1935-6 [ chorus ], from Carmina Burana, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ecco gradita (Coro)", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "He aquí la grata", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-24
Line count: 30
Word count: 74

He aquí la grata

Language: Spanish (Español) after the Latin

He aquí la grata
y deseada
primavera con su alegría.
Purpúreo
florece el prado
y el Sol todo lo alegra,
¡fuera la tristeza!
El verano vuelve,
ya se aleja
el duro invierno.

Se derriten
y decrecen
hielo y nieve,
huye la bruma,
y la primavera se nutre 
en el seno del verano.
Espíritu miserable
el de quien no vive
ni se deleita
bajo la mano del verano.

Se gloría
y se alegra
en la dulzura de la miel
quien se esfuerza
por lograr
el premio de Cupido.
¡Acatemos a Cypria (Venus),
y contentos
y alegres,
seamos como Paris!

Text Authorship:

Translation from Latin to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2015 by Saúl Botero Restrepo, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , appears in Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae, first published c1300
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This text was added to the website: 2015-09-14
Line count: 30
Word count: 98