by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Helen Jane Waddell (1889 - 1965)
Pulchra comis
Language: Latin
Pulchra comis annisque decens et candida vultu
dulce quiescenti basia blanda dabas.
si te iam vigilans non unquam cernere possum,
somne, precor, iugitur lumina nostra tene.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Eugene Hartzell (1932 - 2000), "Pulchra comis", 1981, first performed 1982 [ tenor and orchestra ], from Four Latin Lyrics for Tenor and Orchestra, no. 3, Doblinger Leihmaterial [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Helen Jane Waddell (1889 - 1965) , "MS. of St. Rémy at Rheims", appears in Medieval Latin Lyrics, first published 1929 ; composed by Jean Coulthard.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-27
Line count: 4
Word count: 26
Young and gold haired, fair of face
Language: English after the Latin
Young and gold haired, fair of face, Thou gav'st me tender kisses in my sleep. If waking I may never look upon thee, O Sleep, I pray you, never let me wake!
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Text Authorship:
- by Helen Jane Waddell (1889 - 1965), "MS. of St. Rémy at Rheims", appears in Medieval Latin Lyrics, first published 1929 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jean Coulthard (1908 - 2000), "Young and gold haired", 1962 [ baritone and piano ], from Six Mediæval Love Songs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-27
Line count: 4
Word count: 32