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Carmina Burana |
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Cover Introduction Main Index Further Study 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 |
10. WERE DIU WERLT ALLE MINIt has been suggested that these lines refer to the wife of Henry II of England, Eleanor of Aquitaine, a celebrated beauty who died in 1204. Middle High German. WERE DIU WERLT ALLE MINWere diu werlt alle min von dem mere unze an den Rin, des wolt ih mih darben daz diu chunegin von Engellant lege an minen armen. If the world were all mine from the sea up to the Rhine, this I would willingly forego to have the queen of England lie in my arms. |