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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Dies, nox et omnia

Language: Multiple Languages

Our translations: ENG ITA SPA

Chosen for Diff

Dies, nox et omnia
mihi sunt contraria,
virginum colloquia
me fay planszer,
oy suvenz suspirer,
plu me fay temer.

O sodales, ludite,
vos qui scitis dicite,
mihi mesto parcite,
grand ey dolur,
attamen consulite
per voster honur.

Tua pulchra facies,
me fey planser milies,
pectus habet glacies.
A remender,
statim vivus fierem
per un baser.

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), "Dies, nox et omnia", 1935-6 [ baritone ], from Carmina Burana, no. 16 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Day, night and everything", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Giorno e notte, ogni cosa (Baritono)", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "El día, la noche y todo", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-24
Line count: 18
Word count: 55

Day, night and everything

Language: English after the Multiple Languages

Chosen for Diff

Day, night and everything 
are all against me,
the conversation of virgins
makes me weep,
yes, often makes me sigh,
and more, it frightens me.

Make sport, comrades,
speak, you who understand,
have mercy on me in my sorrow,
I am in great pain,
nevertheless advise me
as befits your honor.

Your beautiful face 
makes me weep a thousand times,
Ice grips my heart.
To fix it,
I would at once come to life 
with a kiss.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Multiple Languages 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 Multiple Languages by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , appears in Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae, first published c1300
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This text was added to the website: 2026-09-22
Line count: 18
Word count: 77