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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Exiit diluculo
Language: Latin 
Our translations:  ENG
Exiit diluculo
  rustica puella
Cum grege, cum baculo,
  cum lana novella.

Sunt in grege parvulo
  ovis et asella,
Vitula cum vitulo,
  caper et capella.

Conspexit in caespite
  scholarem sedere:
"Quid tu facis, domine?
  veni mecum ludere!"

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Confirmed with Studies in the Harley Manuscript: The Scribes, Contents, and Social Contexts of British Library MS Harley 2254, United States: Medieval Institute Publications, 2000, Page 238.

From Carmina Burana, 90.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 12th/13th century ) , no title [author's text checked 1 time 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), "Exiit diluculo", from Cantica latina, no. 28 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Grant Hicks [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 36

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