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Here’s an introduction to Carl Orff’s famous 1937 cantata Carmina Burana, famous for its appearance in a certain 1980s Old Spice advert <\/p>

By BBC Music Magazine\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 02 March 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Carl Orff\u2019s Carmina Burana<\/i> is one of the most popular modern choral works. It owes its popularity, or at least its familiarity, to a memorable 1970s\/1980s advert for Old Spice aftershave, featuring a surfer riding the waves to Orff\u2019s dramatic music. <\/span><\/p>\n

But what is Carmina Burana actually about? Ride the waves with us as we delve into the work\u2019s origins and meaning.<\/span><\/p>\n

Who wrote Carmina Burana<\/em>?<\/h2>\n
Carmina Burana was written by the German composer Carl Orff<\/strong><\/a> (1895-1982). Orff was both a composer and a music educator. Although he is best known for Carmina Burana<\/em>, he also produced the Schulwerk<\/a><\/strong>, a developmental approach for children\u2019s music education.<\/p>\n
When was Carmina Burana<\/em> written?<\/h2>\n
Orff composed Carmina Burana<\/em> during 1935 and 1936. The work received its premiere 8 June 1937, at the Oper Frankfurt on 8 June 1937. It is part of Trionfi<\/em>, a musical triptych that also includes Catulli Carmina<\/em> and Trionfo di Afrodite<\/em>.<\/p>\n
Carmina Burana<\/em> is divided into five sections, and 25 movements across those five sections. The first section of the work is titled \u2018Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi\u2019 (\u2018Fortune, Empress of the World\u2019). It begins with the celebrated movement \u2018<\/b>O Fortuna\u2019, which featured in the Old Spice advert.<\/p>\n\n<h2>What is Carmina Burana<\/em> about?<\/h2>\nOrff\u2019s <a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/what-is-a-cantata\/"\">cantata<\/strong><\/a> is based on 24 poems from the medieval collection of the same name, Carmina Burana<\/em>. Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis, <\/em>which translates as \u2018Songs of Beuren: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magical images\u2019.<\/p>\nBut what is the action of the cantata actually about?<\/p>\nWell, that name refers to a collection of 13th-century songs and poems found, in 1803, in the southern German town of Beuren. The collection, believed to have come originally from Seckau Abbey in Austria, features more than 1,000 songs and poems in Latin, German and medieval French.<\/p>\nThese songs were composed by the Goliards, a band of poet-musicians who liked toast life\u2019s earthier pleasures \u2013 drinking, nature, lust \u2013 in song.<\/p>\nThe so-called Songs of Beuren were first published in Germany in 1847. Orff first got to know them in 1934 via an English translation, published in a collection called Wine, Women and Song<\/em>. The composer\u00a0chose 24 songs from the cycle, and set them to music \u2013 what he called a \u2018scenic cantata\u2019.<\/p>\n<ul><li><a class=\""standard-card-newarticle-title"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/the-best-german-composers-of-all-time\/"\">The best German composers of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a class=\""standard-card-newarticle-title"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/works\/german-christmas-songs-carols\/"\">German Christmas carols: 7 of the best festive songs from Germany<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a class=\""standard-card-newarticle-title"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/best-medieval-composers\/"\">Best medieval composers<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a class=\""standard-card-newarticle-title"\" href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/composers\/swiss-alps-inspired-music\/"\">How the Swiss Alps inspired composers and their music<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nOrff\u2019s Carmina Burana<\/em> is divided into three sections called Springtime<\/em>, In the Tavern<\/em> and The Court Of Love. <\/em>These three sections are bookended by\u00a0an invocation to Fortune (\u2018O Fortuna\u2019). Written between 1935 and 1936 for soloists, choruses and orchestra, it was originally conceived as a choreographed stage work.<\/p>\nHere is \u2018In taberna quando sumus\u2019 (\u2018When we are in the tavern\u2019) from In the Tavern<\/em>:<\/p>\n<iframe title=\""Carl\" orff=\"\" carmina=\"\" burana=\"\" in=\"\" taberna=\"\" quando=\"\" sumus=\"\" conductor:=\"\" adel=\"\" shalaby=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""113"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YkgX8PUA3F8?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<h2>Which advert used Carmina Burana<\/em>?<\/h2>\nCarmina Burana featured in an Old Spice advert on Britain in the 1970s and 1980s.<\/p>\n<h3>What is the music from the Old Spice advert?<\/h3>\nSpecifically, the Old Spice surfing advert used music from Carmina Burana\u2019s first movement, \u2018O Fortuna\u2019.<\/p>\n<h3>Where else has Carmina Burana been used?<\/h3>\nMusic from Carmina Burana<\/em> has been used in the films Excalibur<\/em> by John Boorman and Oliver Stone\u2019s The Doors<\/em>.<\/p>\n<section class=\""highlight\"> <div class=\""highlight__content\" editor-content=\"\"> \n<ul>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/top-film-composers-ever\/"\">Top 10 film composers \u2013 of all time<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/tv-and-film-music\/john-williams-best-scores\/"\">10 best film scores by John Williams<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/best-20th-century-british-film-scores\/"\">Best 20th-century British film scores<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/articles\/10-best-films-made-about-composers\/"\">10 of the best (and worst) films about composers<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> It also featured, hilariously and somewhat parodically, in this advert for Carlton Draught beer.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\""Carlton\" beer=\"\" draught=\"\" it=\"\" a=\"\" big=\"\" ad=\"\" music:=\"\" carl=\"\" orff=\"\" carmina=\"\" burana=\"\" hq=\"\" width=\""200"\" height=\""150"\" src=\""https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pw_twlhaUgE?feature=oembed"\" frameborder=\""0"\" allow=\""accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" web-share=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<h2>What are the lyrics to \u2018O Fortuna\u2019 from Carmina Burana<\/em>?<\/h2>\nFORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI<\/p>\n1. O FORTUNA<\/p>\nO Fortuna,<\/p>\nvelut Luna<\/p>\nstatu variabilis,<\/p>\nsemper crescis<\/p>\naut decrescis;<\/p>\nvita detestabilis<\/p>\nnunc obdurat<\/p>\net tunc curat<\/p>\nludo mentis aciem,<\/p>\negestatem,<\/p>\npotestatem<\/p>\ndissolvit ut glaciem.<\/p>\nSors immanis<\/p>\net inanis,<\/p>\nrota tu volubilis,<\/p>\nstatus malus,<\/p>\nvana salus<\/p>\nsemper dissolubilis,<\/p>\nobumbrata<\/p>\net velata<\/p>\nmichi quoque niteris;<\/p>\nnunc per ludum<\/p>\ndorsum nudum<\/p>\nfero tui sceleris.<\/p>\nSors salutis<\/p>\net virtutis<\/p>\nmichi nunc contraria<\/p>\nest affectus<\/p>\net defectus<\/p>\nsemper in angaria.<\/p>\nHac in hora<\/p>\nsine mora<\/p>\ncorde pulsum tangite;<\/p>\nquod per sortem<\/p>\nsternit fortem,<\/p>\nmecum omnes plangite!<\/p>\n<h2>What are the lyrics to Carmina Burana<\/em>?<\/h2>\nCarmina Burana\u2019s<\/em> lyrics continue as follows:<\/p>\n2. FORTUNE PLANGO VULNERA<\/p>\nA Fortune plango vulnera<\/p>\nstillantibus ocellis,<\/p>\nquod sua michi munera<\/p>\nsubtrahit rebellis.<\/p>\nVerum est, quod legitur<\/p>\nfronte capillata,<\/p>\nsed plerumque sequitur<\/p>\nOccasio calvata.<\/p>\nIn Fortune solio<\/p>\nsederam elatus,<\/p>\nprosperitatis vario<\/p>\nflore coronatus;<\/p>\nquicquid enim florui<\/p>\nfelix et beatus,<\/p>\nnunc a summo corrui<\/p>\ngloria privatus.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nFortune rota volvitur:<\/p>\ndescendo minoratus;<\/p>\nalter in altum tollitur;<\/p>\nnimis exaltatus<\/p>\nrex sedet in vertice<\/p>\ncaveat ruinam!<\/p>\nnam sub axe legimus<\/p>\nHecubam reginam.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nI. PRIMO VERE<\/p>\n3. VERIS LETA FACIES<\/p>\nVeris leta facies<\/p>\nmundo propinatur,<\/p>\nhiemalis acies<\/p>\nvicta iam fugatur,<\/p>\nin vestitu vario<\/p>\nFlora principatur,<\/p>\nnemorum dulcisono<\/p>\nque cantu celebratur.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nFlore fusus gremio<\/p>\nPhoebus novo more<\/p>\nrisum dat, hoc vario<\/p>\niam stipate flore<\/p>\nZephyrus nectareo<\/p>\nspirans in odore;<\/p>\ncertatim pro bravio<\/p>\ncurramus in amore.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nCytharizat cantico<\/p>\ndulcis Philomena,<\/p>\nflore rident vario<\/p>\nprata iam serena,<\/p>\nsalit cetus avium<\/p>\nsilve per amena,<\/p>\nchorus promit virginum<\/p>\niam gaudia millena.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n4. OMNIA SOL TEMPERAT<\/p>\nOmnia Sol temperat<\/p>\npurus et subtilis,<\/p>\nnovo mundo reserat<\/p>\nfacies Aprilis,<\/p>\nad Amorem properat<\/p>\nanimus herilis,<\/p>\net iocundis imperat<\/p>\ndeus puerilis.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nRerum tanta novitas<\/p>\nin solemni vere<\/p>\net veris auctoritas<\/p>\niubet nos gaudere;<\/p>\nvias prebet solitas,<\/p>\net in tuo vere<\/p>\nfides est et probitas<\/p>\ntuum retinere.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nAma me fideliter!<\/p>\nfidem meam nota:<\/p>\nde corde totaliter<\/p>\net ex mente tota<\/p>\nsum presentialiter<\/p>\nabsens in remota.<\/p>\nquisquis amat taliter,<\/p>\nvolvitur in rota.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n5. ECCE GRATUM<\/p>\nEcce gratum<\/p>\net optatum<\/p>\nVer reducit gaudia,<\/p>\npurpuratum<\/p>\nfloret pratum,<\/p>\nSol serenat omnia,<\/p>\niamiam cedant tristia!<\/p>\nEstas redit,<\/p>\nnunc recedit<\/p>\nHyemis sevitia.<\/p>\nIam liquescit<\/p>\net decrescit<\/p>\ngrando, nix et cetera,<\/p>\nbruma fugit,<\/p>\net iam sugit,<\/p>\nVer Estatis ubera;<\/p>\nilli mens est misera,<\/p>\nqui nec vivit,<\/p>\nnec lascivit<\/p>\nsub Estatis dextera.<\/p>\nGloriantur<\/p>\net letantur<\/p>\nin melle dulcedinis<\/p>\nqui conantur,<\/p>\nut utantur<\/p>\npremio Cupidinis;<\/p>\nsimus jussu Cypridis<\/p>\ngloriantes<\/p>\net letantes<\/p>\npares esse Paridis.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nUF DEM ANGER<\/p>\n6. TANZ<\/p>\n7. FLORET SILVA<\/p>\nFloret silva nobilis<\/p>\nfloribus et foliis.<\/p>\nUbi est antiquus<\/p>\nmeus amicus? Ah!<\/p>\nhinc equitavit,<\/p>\neia, quis me amabit?<\/p>\nFloret silva undique,<\/p>\nnah mime gesellen ist mir w\u00ea.<\/p>\nGruonet der walt allenthalben,<\/p>\nw\u00e2 ist min geselle alse lange?<\/p>\nder ist geriten hinnen,<\/p>\now\u00ee, wer soll mich minnen?<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n8. CHRAMER, GIP DIE VARWE MIR<\/p>\nChramer, gip die varwe mir,<\/p>\ndie min wengel roete,<\/p>\ndamit ich die jungen man<\/p>\nan ir dank der minnenliebe noete.<\/p>\nSeht mich an,<\/p>\njungen man!<\/p>\nlat mich iu gevallen!<\/p>\nMinnet, tugentliche man,<\/p>\nminnecliche frouwen!<\/p>\nminne tuot iu hoch gemuot<\/p>\nunde lat iuch in hohen eren schouwen.<\/p>\nSeht mich an\u2026<\/p>\nWol dir werlt, das du bist<\/p>\nalso freudenriche!<\/p>\nich will dir sin undertan<\/p>\ndurch din liebe immer sicherliche.<\/p>\nSeht mich an\u2026<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n9. REIE<\/p>\nSwaz hie gat umbe,<\/p>\ndaz sint allez megede,<\/p>\ndie wellent an man<\/p>\nalle disen sumer gan.<\/p>\nChume, chum, geselle min,<\/p>\nih enbite harte din.<\/p>\nSuzer rosenvarwer munt,<\/p>\nchum unde mache mich gesunt.<\/p>\nSwaz hie gat umbe,<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n10. WERE DIU WERLT ALLE MIN<\/p>\nWere diu werlt alle min<\/p>\nvon dem mere unze an den Rin,<\/p>\ndes wolt ih mih darben,<\/p>\ndaz diu ch\u00fcnegin von Engellant<\/p>\nlege an minen armen. Hei!<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nII. IN TABERNA<\/p>\n11. ESTUANS INTERIUS<\/p>\nEstuans interius<\/p>\nira vehementi<\/p>\nin amaritudine<\/p>\nloquor mee menti:<\/p>\nfactus de materia,<\/p>\ncinis elementi<\/p>\nsimilis sum folio,<\/p>\nde quo ludunt venti.<\/p>\nCum sit enim proprium<\/p>\nviro sapienti<\/p>\nsupra petram ponere<\/p>\nsedem fundamenti,<\/p>\nstultus ego comparor<\/p>\nfluvio labenti,<\/p>\nsub eodem tramite<\/p>\nnunquam permanenti.<\/p>\nFeror ego veluti<\/p>\nsine nauta navis,<\/p>\nut per vias aeris<\/p>\nvaga fertur avis;<\/p>\nnon me tenent vincula,<\/p>\nnon me tenet clavis,<\/p>\nquero mihi similes<\/p>\net adiungor pravis.<\/p>\nMihi cordis gravitas<\/p>\nres videtur gravis;<\/p>\niocus est amabilis<\/p>\ndulciorque favis;<\/p>\nquicquid Venus imperat,<\/p>\nlabor est suavis,<\/p>\nque nunquam in cordibus<\/p>\nhabitat ignavis.<\/p>\nVia lata gradior<\/p>\nmore iuventutis,<\/p>\ninplicor et vitiis<\/p>\nimmemor virtutis,<\/p>\nvoluptatis avidus<\/p>\nmagis quam salutis,<\/p>\nmortuus in anima<\/p>\ncuram gero cutis.<\/p>\n12. OLIM LACUS COLUERAM<\/p>\nCignus ustus cantat:<\/p>\nOlim lacus colueram,<\/p>\nolim pulcher extiteram,<\/p>\ndum cignus ego fueram.<\/p>\nMiser, miser!<\/p>\nmodo niger<\/p>\net ustus fortiter!<\/p>\nGirat, regirat garcifer;<\/p>\nme rogus urit fortiter:<\/p>\npropinat me nunc dapifer,<\/p>\nMiser, miser! etc.<\/p>\nNunc in scutella iaceo,<\/p>\net volitare nequeo,<\/p>\ndentes frendentes video:<\/p>\nMiser, miser! etc.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n13. EGO SUM ABBAS<\/p>\nEgo sum abbas Cucaniensis<\/p>\net consilium meum<\/p>\nest cum bibulis,<\/p>\net in secta Decii<\/p>\nvoluntas mea est,<\/p>\net qui mane me<\/p>\nquesierit in taberna,<\/p>\npost vesperam nudus egredietur,<\/p>\net sic denudatus veste clamabit:<\/p>\nWafna, wafna!<\/p>\nquid fecisti sors turpissima?<\/p>\nNostre vite gaudia<\/p>\nabstulisti omnia!<\/p>\nHaha!<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n14. IN TABERNA QUANDO SUMUS<\/p>\nIn taberna quando sumus,<\/p>\nnon curamus quid sit humus,<\/p>\nsed ad ludum properamus,<\/p>\ncui semper insudamus.<\/p>\nQuid agatur in taberna,<\/p>\nubi nummus est pincerna,<\/p>\nhoc est opus ut queratur,<\/p>\nsic quid loquar, audiatur.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nQuidam ludunt,<\/p>\nquidam bibunt,<\/p>\nquidam indiscrete vivunt.<\/p>\nSed in ludo qui morantur,<\/p>\nex his quidam denudantur,<\/p>\nquidam ibi vestiuntur,<\/p>\nquidam saccis induuntur.<\/p>\nIbi nullus timet mortem,<\/p>\nsed pro Baccho mittunt sortem:<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nPrimo pro nummata vini<\/p>\nex hac bibunt libertini:<\/p>\nsemel bibunt pro captivis,<\/p>\npost hec bibunt ter pro vivis,<\/p>\nquater pro Christianis cunctis,<\/p>\nquinquies pro fidelibus defunctis<\/p>\nsexies pro sororibus vanis,<\/p>\nsepties pro militibus silvanis.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nOcties pro fratribus perversis,<\/p>\nnonies pro monachis dispersis,<\/p>\ndecies pro navigantibus,<\/p>\nundecies pro discordantibus,<\/p>\nduodecies pro penitentibus,<\/p>\ntredecies pro iter angentibus.<\/p>\nTam pro papa quam pro rege<\/p>\nbibunt omnes sine lege.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nBibit hera, bibit herus,<\/p>\nbibit miles, bibit clerus,<\/p>\nbibit ille, bibit illa,<\/p>\nbibit servus cum ancilla,<\/p>\nbibit velox, bibit piger,<\/p>\nbibit albus, bibit niger,<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nbibit constans, bibit vagus,<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nbibit rudis, bibit magus.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nBibit pauper et egrotus,<\/p>\nbibit exul et ignotus,<\/p>\nbibit puer, bibit canus,<\/p>\nbibit presul et decanus,<\/p>\nbibit soror, bibit frater,<\/p>\nbibit anus, bibit mater,<\/p>\nbibit iste, bibit ille,<\/p>\nbibunt centum, bibunt mille.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nParum sexcente nummate<\/p>\ndurant cum immoderate<\/p>\nbibunt omnes sine meta,<\/p>\nquamvis bibant men te leta,<\/p>\nsic nos rodunt omnes gentes<\/p>\net sic erimus egentes.<\/p>\nQui nos rodunt confundantur<\/p>\net cum iustis non scribantur.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nIo, io, io! \u2026<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nIII. COUR D\u2019AMOURS<\/p>\n15. AMOR VOLAT UNDIQUE<\/p>\nAmor volat undique,<\/p>\ncaptus est libidine.<\/p>\nIuvenes, iuvencule<\/p>\nconiunguntur merito.<\/p>\nSiqua sine socio,<\/p>\ncaret omni gaudio,<\/p>\ntenet noctis infima<\/p>\nsub intimo<\/p>\ncordis in custodia:<\/p>\nfit res amarissima.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n16. DIES, NOX ET OMNIA<\/p>\nDies, nox et omnia<\/p>\nmichi sunt contraria,<\/p>\nvirginum colloquia<\/p>\nme fay planszer,<\/p>\noy suvenz suspirer,<\/p>\nplu me fay temer.<\/p>\nO sodales, ludite,<\/p>\nvos qui scitis dicite,<\/p>\nmichi mesto parcite,<\/p>\ngrand ey dolur,<\/p>\nattamen consulite<\/p>\nper voster honur.<\/p>\nTua pulchra facies,<\/p>\nme fey planszer milies,<\/p>\npectus habens glacies,<\/p>\na remender<\/p>\nstatim vivus fierem<\/p>\nper un baser.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n17. STETIT PUELLA<\/p>\nStetit puella<\/p>\nrufa tunica;<\/p>\nsi quis eam tetigit,<\/p>\ntunica crepuit.<\/p>\nEia.<\/p>\nStetit puella,<\/p>\ntamquam rosula;<\/p>\nfacie splenduit,<\/p>\nos eius floruit.<\/p>\nEia.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n18. CIRCA MEA PECTORA<\/p>\nCirca mea pectora<\/p>\nmulta sunt suspiria<\/p>\nde tua pulchritudine,<\/p>\nque me ledunt misere. Ah!<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nManda liet,<\/p>\nmanda liet,<\/p>\nmin geselle<\/p>\nchumet niet.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nTui lucent oculi<\/p>\nsicut solis radii,<\/p>\nsicut splendor fulguris<\/p>\nlucem donat tenebris.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nAh! Mandaliet, etc.<\/p>\nVellet deus, vellent dii,<\/p>\nquod mente proposui:<\/p>\nut eius virginea<\/p>\nreserassem vincula. Ah!<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nMandaliet, etc<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n19. SIE PUER CUM PUELLULA<\/p>\nSie puer cum puellula<\/p>\nmoraretur in cellula,<\/p>\nfelix coniunctio.<\/p>\nAmore sucrescente,<\/p>\npariter e medio<\/p>\npropulso procul tedio,<\/p>\nfit ludus ineffabilis<\/p>\nmembris, lacertis, labiis.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n20. VENI, VENI, VENIAS<\/p>\nVeni, veni, venias,<\/p>\nne me mori facias,<\/p>\nhyrca, hyrca, nazaza,<\/p>\ntrillirivos!<\/p>\nPulchra tibi facies,<\/p>\noculorum acies,<\/p>\ncapillorum series,<\/p>\no quam clara species!<\/p>\nRosa rubicundior,<\/p>\nlilio candidior,<\/p>\nomnibus formosior,<\/p>\nsemper in te glorior!<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n21. IN TRUTINA<\/p>\nIn trutina mentis dubia<\/p>\nfluctuant contraria<\/p>\nlascivus amor et pudicitia.<\/p>\nSed eligo quod video,<\/p>\ncollum iugo prebeo;<\/p>\nad iugum tamen suave transeo.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n22. TEMPUS EST IOCUNDUM<\/p>\nTempus est iocundum,<\/p>\no virgines,<\/p>\nmodo congaudete<\/p>\nvos iuvenes.<\/p>\nOh, oh, oh!<\/p>\ntotus floreo,<\/p>\niam amore virginali totus ardeo!<\/p>\nnovus, novus novus amor est, quo pereo!<\/p>\nMea me confortat<\/p>\npromissio,<\/p>\nmea me deportant<\/p>\nnegatio.<\/p>\nOh, oh, oh! etc.<\/p>\nTempore brumali<\/p>\nvir patiens,<\/p>\nanimo vernali<\/p>\nlasciviens.<\/p>\nOh, oh, oh! etc.<\/p>\nMea mecum ludit<\/p>\nvirginitas,<\/p>\nmea me detrudit<\/p>\nsimplicitas.<\/p>\nOh, oh, oh! etc.<\/p>\nVeni domicella,<\/p>\ncum gaudio,<\/p>\nveni, veni, pulchra,<\/p>\niam pereo.<\/p>\nOh, oh, oh! etc.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n23. DULCISSIME<\/p>\nDulcissime, Ah!<\/p>\ntotam tibi subdo me!<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nBLANZIFLOR ET HELENA<\/p>\n24. AVE FORMOSISSIMA<\/p>\nAve formosissima,<\/p>\ngemma pretiosa,<\/p>\nave decus virginum,<\/p>\nvirgo gloriosa,<\/p>\nave mundi luminar<\/p>\nave mundi rosa,<\/p>\nBlanziflor et Helena,<\/p>\nVenus generosa!<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\nFORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI<\/p>\n25. 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