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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Veni, veni, venias

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG ITA SPA

Chosen for Diff

Veni, veni, venias
ne me mori facias,
hyrca, hyrce, nazaza,
trillirivos!

Pulchra tibi facies,
oculorum acies,
capillorum series,
o quam clara species!

Rosa rubicundior
lilio candidior,
omnibus formosior,
semper in te glorior!

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), "Veni, veni, venias", 1935-6 [ double chorus ], from Carmina Burana, no. 20 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Come, come, you must come", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Vieni, vieni, oh vieni! (Coro doppio)", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "Ven, ven, vendrás", 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: 2011-04-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 32

Come, come, you must come

Language: English after the Latin

Chosen for Diff

Come, come, you must come
lest you make me die,
hyrca, hyrce, nazaza,
trillirivos!

Lovely your face,
the brightness of your eyes,
the flow of your tresses,
O what a brilliant sight!

Redder than the rose
whiter than the lily,
more beautiful than everyone,
I glory in you always!

Note for stanza 1, lines 3-4: these are nonsense words that are generally left untranslated.

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, first published c1300
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This text was added to the website: 2026-09-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 49