Veni, veni, venias (III. Cour d’Amours)

Latina



[Coro doppio]



Veni, veni, venias,

ne me mori facias,

     hyrca, hyrce, nazaza,

     trillirivos!



Pulchra tibi facies,

oculorum acies,

capillorum series,

o quam clara species!



Rosa rubicundior,

lilio candidior,

omnibus formosior,

semper in te glorior!



 



English



[Double Chorus]



Come, come, O come,

do not let me die,

     hyrca, hyrce, nazaza,

     trillirivos!



Beautiful is your face,

the gleam of your eye,

your braided hair,

what a glorious creature!



Redder than the rose,

whiter than the lily,

lovelier than all others,

I shall always glory in you!