Carl Orff - Carmina Burana - 05. Ecce Gratum video free download

5. ECCE GRATUM

Ecce gratum

et optatum

Ver reducit gaudia,

purpuratum

floret pratum,

Sol serenat omnia,

iamiam cedant tristia!

Estas redit,

nunc recedit

Hyemis sevitia.

Iam liquescit

et decrescit

grando, nix et cetera,

bruma fugit,

et iam sugit,

Ver Estatis ubera;

illi mens est misera,

qui nec vivit,

nec lascivit

sub Estatis dextera.

Gloriantur

et letantur

in melle dulcedinis

qui conantur,

ut utantur

premio Cupidinis;

simus jussu Cypridis

gloriantes

et letantes

pares esse Paridis.

5. BEHOLD, THE PLEASANT SPRING

Behold the pleasant

and longed-for

spring brings back joyfulness,

violet flowers

fill the meadows,

the sun brightens everything,

sadness is now at an end!

Summer returns,

now withdraw

the rigors of winter. Ah!

Now melts

and disappears

ice, snow, and the rest,

winter flees,

and now

spring sucks at summer's breast:

A wretched soul is he

who does not live

or lust

under summer's rule. Ah!

They glory

and rejoice

in honeyed sweetness

who strive

to make use of

Cupid's prize;

At Venus' command

let us glory

and rejoice

in being Paris' equals. Ah!