En die prono pluvialis imber in rosas horti tiliaeque frondes decidit, noctis tenebras rubescens nuntiat aether. arbore in summa merulae canentis vox sonat dulcis liquide per auras et coloratas avis illa nubes laeta tuetur. quid, meum pectus, tremis et pavescis, aura si quando variat tibique anxio praebent inamoena maestam nubila noctem? quin agis grates merulae canorae instar effundens geniale carmen? quin novo speras fore mane rursum cuncta serena?
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Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Weller (1878 - 1956), from Carmina Latina, first published 1946 [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 Jan Novák (1921 - 1984), "Merula", from Cantica latina, no. 38 [sung text checked 1 time]
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