by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE)
Translation © by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019)
Iucundum, mea vita, mihi proponis amorem
Language: Latin
Available translation(s): SPA
Iucundum, mea vita, mihi proponis amorem hunc nostrum inter nos perpetuumque fore.1 di magni, facite ut vere promittere possit, atque id sincere dicat et ex animo, ut liceat nobis tota perducere vita aeternum hoc sanctae foedus amicitiae.1
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Orff interpolates here the Italian words: "Dormi, dormi, dormi ancora"
Authorship:
- by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 109 [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 Michael Linton , "Iucundum, mea vita", first performed 2014 [ baritone and piano ], from Carmina Catulli, no. 15 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "[ACTUS II. VI]. Iucundum, mea vita", 1940-43, published 1943, from cantata Catulli Carmina, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019) , copyright © ; composed by Dominick Argento.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Mario Rapisardi) , no title, first published 1889
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Saúl Botero Restrepo
This text was added to the website: 2015-10-07
Line count: 6
Word count: 37
You promise me, my dearest life, that...
Language: English  after the Latin
You promise me, my dearest life, that this our love [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Authorship:
- by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019), copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 109
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019), "You promise me, my dearest life, that this our love", 1981 [ mixed chorus and percussion ], from I Hate and I Love (Odi et Amo), no. 6 [ sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2010-12-17
Line count: 6
Word count: 54