Integer vitae scelerisque purus non eget Mauris iaculis neque arcu nec venenatis gravida sagittis, Fusce, pharetra, sive per Syrtis iter aestuosas sive facturus per inhospitalem Caucasum vel quae loca fabulosus lambit Hydaspes. namque me silva lupus in Sabina, dum meam canto Lalagen et ultra terminum curis vagor expeditis, fugit inermem, quale portentum neque militaris Daunias latis alit aesculetis nec Iubae tellus generat, leonum arida nutrix. pone me pigris ubi nulla campis arbor aestiva recreatur aura, quod latus mundi nebulae malusque Iuppiter urget, pone sub curru nimium propinqui solis, in terra domibus negata: dulce ridentem Lalagen amabo, dulce loquentem.
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Confirmed with Quintus Horatius Flaccius, Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera, published 1822, Londini: in usum Scholae Cartusianae, from Carminum, Liber Primus, as "Ode XXII", pages 31 - 32.
Authorship:
- by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), "Integer vitae", appears in Carmina (Odes), in 1. Liber I (Book I), no. 22 [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 Ferenc Farkas (1905 - 2000), "Integer vitae", 1999 [ four-part mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Ferdinand Flemming (1778 - 1813), "Ode XXII aus dem Horaz", alternate title: "Integer vitae", published 1825 [ vocal quartet for male voices a cappella ], Berlin, T. Trautwein; in Tafel-Lieder für Männerstimmen: Für die Liedertafel zu Berlin, von F. F. Flemming, Heft IV, no. 5 titled 'Ode XXII aus dem Horaz'; also confirmed with Allgemeines deutsches Commersbuch, vierte Auflage. Leipzig: G. E. Schulze, 1859, Song no. 77, pages 220 - 221, titled 'Integer vitae' , also set in German (Deutsch), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 2 times]
- by Leevi Antti Madetoja (1887 - 1947), "Integer vitae", op. 72 no. 1 (1929), published 1930 [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jan Novák (1921 - 1984), "Integer vitae", from Cantica latina, no. 14 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle) , "À Aristius Fuscus"
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Mario Rapisardi) , no title, appears in Le odi di Orazio, in 1. Libro primo, no. 22, first published 1883
- POL Polish (Polski) (Lucjan Hipolit Siemieński) , "Do Arystyusza Fuska", first published 1916
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Fuscus, celui qui est intègre et pur de tout crime, n’a nul besoin des javelines Maures, ni de l’arc , ni du carquois chargé de flèches empoisonnées ; Soit qu’il traverse les Syrtes brûlantes, ou le Caucasus inhospitalier, ou les lieux qu’arrose le fabuleux Hydaspès. Tandis que je chantais ma Lalagé dans la forêt Sabine, et comme j’en avais, libre de soucis, dépassé les limites, voici qu’un loup, bien que je fusse désarmé, s’est enfui devant moi ; Et c’était un tel monstre, que la belliqueuse Daunia n’en nourrit point de semblable dans ses larges chênaies, ni la nourrice des lions, la terre aride de Juba. Posez-moi en des champs paresseux où nul arbre n’est récréé par la brise d’été, qu’enveloppent les nuées et qu’opprime Jupiter irrité ; Ou posez-moi sous le char du soleil trop rapproché, sur la terre que nul n’habite, et j’aimerai partout Lalagé au doux rire et à la voix douce.
Confirmed with Œuvres de Horace Traduction par Leconte de Lisle. Alphonse Lemerre, éditeur, s. d. (Tome premier)
Authorship:
- by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "À Aristius Fuscus" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), "Integer vitae", appears in Carmina (Odes), in 1. Liber I (Book I), no. 22
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-05-31
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