Epilogue | For all eternity!

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by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Exodium

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG SPA

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Juvencula atque juvenes,
diu iam non curantes spectaculum,
denuo incitati, moto rursus incenduntur ardore.
Juvenes et juvenculae
Eis aiona!
tui sum!

Senes
Oi me!

Juvenes et juvenculae
Eis aiona!
Ascendite faces! 
Io!

Text Authorship:

by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982) [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), "Exodium", 1940-43, published 1943 [ chorus and orchestra ], from cantata Catulli Carmina, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Epilogue", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "Exordio", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Saúl Botero Restrepo

This text was added to the website: 2015-10-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 32

Epilogue

Language: English after the Latin

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The young women and young men,
having long since lost interest in the spectacle,
are aroused once again, inflamed with returning ardor.
Young men and young women
For all eternity!
I am yours!

Old men
Alas!

Young men and young women
For all eternity!
Rise up, flames of love!
Hurrah!

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Based on:

a text in Latin by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 50