Lyrics and translation Carl Orff - Cour d'amours: Amor volat undique

Cour d'amours: Amor volat undique

Amor volat undique,
Captus est libidine.
Iuvenes, iuvencule
Coniunguntur merito.
Siqua sine socio,
Caret omni gaudio;
Tenet noctis infima
Sub intimo
Cordis in custodia;
Fit res amarissima.

Court of Love: Love Flies Everywhere

Love flies everywhere,
Captured by desire.
Young men and women
Are rightly joined together.
If any are without a partner,
They lack all joy;
It holds the lowest place in the night
Within the inmost
Treasury of the heart;
It becomes a most bitter thing.