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Carmina Burana

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Carmina Burana

1.  O Fortuna
2.  Fortunae plango vulnera
3.  Veris laeta facies
4.  Omnia sol temperata
5.  Ecce gratum
6.   Tanz - (instrumental)
7.  Floret silva nobilis
8.  Chramer, gip die varwe mir
9.  Swaz hie gat umbe
10.Were diu werlt alle min
11. Aestuans interius
12. Olim lacus colueram
13. Ego sum abbas
14. In taberna quando sumus
15. Amor volat undique
16. Dies, nox, et omnia
17. Stetit puella
18. Circa mea pectora
19. Si puer cum puella
20. Veni, veni, venias
21. In trutina
22. Tempus est iocundum
23. Dulcissime
24. Ave formosissima


24. AVE FORMOSISSIMA

The love song of a man who in the last two lines puts his mistress on a par with Blancheflour, the heroine of a celebrated medieval romance, then Helen of Troy, and finally Venus herself.


AVE FORMOSISSIMA


Ave formosissima,
gemma pretiosa,
ave, decus virginum,
virgo gloriosa,
ave, mundi luminar,
ave, mundi rosa,
Blanziflor et Helena,
Venus generosa.

Hail, fairest of women, precious gem, hail, glory of maidens, noble maiden, hail, light of the world, hail, rose of the world, you are Blancheflour and Helen, [even] noble Venus.

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