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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Stetit puella

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG ENG ITA SPA

Chosen for Diff

Stetit puella
rufa tunica.
[Si quis]¹ eam tetigit,
tunica crepuit. 
Eia.

Stetit puella
tamquam rosula:
facie splenduit
et os eius floruit. 
Eia.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Novák

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¹ Novák: "Siquis"

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, appears in Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae, no. 177, 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 Jan Novák (1921 - 1984), "Stetit puella", from Cantica latina, no. 26 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "Stetit puella", 1935-6 [ soprano ], from Carmina Burana, no. 17 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Benjamin Kasiel Pixley) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "A girl stood", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Stava la fanciulla (Soprano)", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "Estaba una muchacha", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 23

A girl stood

Language: English after the Latin

Chosen for Diff

A girl stood
in a red tunic.
If anyone touched it
the tunic rustled. 
Ah!

A girl stood 
like a little rose:
her face was radiant 
and her mouth was in blossom.
Ah!

Text Authorship:

Translation from Latin to English copyright © 2026 by Grant Hicks, (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, no. 177, first published c1300
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This text was added to the website: 2026-09-21
Line count: 10
Word count: 33