Dulcissime
| Dulcissime, | Sweetest one! Ah! |
| totam tibi subdo me! | I give myself to you totally! |
tempus est iocundum
This is a joyful time
| Tempus es iocundum, | This is the joyful time, |
| o virgines, | O maidens, |
| modo congaudete | rejoice with them, |
| vos iuvenes. | young men! |
| (Baritone) | |
| Oh, oh, oh, | Oh! Oh! Oh! |
| totus floreo, | I am bursting out all over! |
| iam amore virginali | I am burning all over with first love! |
| totus ardeo, novus, novus amor est, quo pereo. |
New, new love is what I am dying of! |
| (Women) | |
| Mea me confortat | I am heartened |
| promissio, | by my promise, |
| mea me deportat | I am downcast by my refusal |
| (Soprano and boys) | |
| Oh, oh, oh | Oh! Oh! Oh! |
| totus floreo | I am bursting out all over! |
| iam amore virginali | I am burning all over with first love! |
| totus ardeo, novus, novus amor est, quo pereo. |
New, new love is what I am dying of! |
| (Men) | |
| Tempore brumali | In the winter |
| vir patiens, | man is patient, |
| animo vernali | the breath of spring |
| lasciviens. | makes him lust. |
| (Baritone) | |
| Oh, oh, oh, | Oh! Oh! Oh! |
| totus floreo, | I am bursting out all over! |
| iam amore virginali | I am burning all over with first love! |
| totus ardeo, novus, novus amor est, quo pereo. |
New, new love is what I am dying of! |
| (Women) | |
| Mea mecum ludit | My virginity |
| virginitas, | makes me frisky, |
| mea me detrudit | my simplicity |
| simplicitas. | holds me back. |
| (Soprano and Boys) | |
| Oh, oh, oh, | Oh! Oh! Oh! |
| totus floreo, | I am bursting out all over! |
| iam amore virginali | I am burning all over with first love! |
| totus ardeo, novus, novus amor est, quo pereo. |
New, new love is what I am dying of! |
| (Chorus) | |
| Veni, domicella, | Come, my mistress, |
| cum gaudio, | with joy, |
| veni, veni, pulchra, | come, come, my pretty, |
| iam pereo. | I am dying! |
| (Baritone, Boys and Chorus) | |
| Oh, oh, oh, | Oh! Oh! Oh! |
| totus floreo, | I am bursting out all over! |
| iam amore virginali | I am burning all over with first love! |
| totus ardeo, novus, novus amor est, quo pereo. |
New, new love is what I am dying of! |


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