Circa mea pectora (III. Cour d’Amours)

Latina & Mittelhochdeutsch

[Solo per Baritone e Coro]

Circa mea pectora
multa sunt suspiria
de tua pulchritudine,
que me ledunt misere. Ah!

Mandaliet,
mandaliet,
min geselle
chǒmet niet.

Tui lucent oculi
sicut solis radii,
sicut splendor fulguris,
qui lucem donat tenebris. Ah!

Mandaliet,
mandaliet,
min geselle
chǒmet niet.

Vellet deus, vellent dii,
quod mente proposui:
ut eius virginea
reserassem vincula. Ah!

Mandaliet,
mandaliet,
min geselle
chǒmet niet.

English

In my heart
there are many sighs
for your beauty,
which would me sorely. Ah!

Mandaliet,
mandaliet,
min geselle
chǒmet niet.

Your eyes shine
like the rays of the sun,
like the flashing of lightning
which brightens the darkness. Ah!

Mandaliet,
mandaliet,
min geselle
chǒmet niet.

May God grant, may the gods grant
what I have in mind:
that I may loose
the chains of her virginity. Ah!

Mandaliet,
mandaliet,
min geselle
chǒmet niet.