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Thread #118885   Message #2587911
Posted By: Jack Blandiver
13-Mar-09 - 09:01 AM
Thread Name: Songs For Spring Equinox/Easter?
Subject: Lyr Add: VERIS DULCIS IN TEMPORE (Carmina Burana)
Just uploaded our new version of Veris Dulcis in Tempore (Carmina Burana #85) onto our Myspace Page - a cool medieval groove recorded earlier this month, entirely live, by way of rehearsal.

Rachel - singing & bendir (frame-drum)
Myself - saz (Turkish lute) & singing.

In weaving spring by blossomed trees
Juliana and her sister see
Waiting there so readily. Sweet Love!

To fail the call to weave with you fails dismally.

The trees burst forth with fragrant flower
The song birds birds wordless greet the hour;
These blossomed girls our hearts devour. Sweet love!

To fail the call to feast with you fails hungrily.

See the lily bright in flower
The praises girls sing to this hour
To greet divine this wondrous power. Sweet love!

To fail the call to praise with you fails woefully.

To clasp to sking my joy in love
To mouth with lips and tongue my love;
The verdand wood with ring - Sweet love!

Were I to fail to satisfy in vain the death I long to die.


(Whilst the above is mostly my translation, though other bits might have sneaked in from elsewhere; the refrains are mine certainly, as I decided to put a different spin on Qui te caret hoc tempore, fit vilior with each verse...)