Paroles et traduction Carl Orff - Trionfo di Afrodite - Corteo nuziale ed arrivo della sposa e dello sposo

Trionfo di Afrodite - Corteo nuziale ed arrivo della sposa e dello sposo

COLLIS O HELICONII

Collis o Heliconii
Cultor, Vraniae genus,
Qui rapis teneram ad virum
Virginem, o Hymenaee Hymen,
O Hymen Hymenaee;

Cinge tempora floribus
Suave olentis amaraci,
Flammeum cape laetus, huc
Huc veni, niveo gerens
Luteum pede soccum;

Excitusque hilari die,
Nuptialia concinens
Voce carmina tinnula,
Pelle humum pedibus, manu
Pineam quate taedam.

Namque Iunia Manlio,
Qualis Idalium colens
Venit ad Phrygium Venus
Iudicem, bona cum bona
Nubet alite uirgo,

Floridis velut enitens
Myrtus Asia ramulis
Quos Hamadryades deae
Ludicrum sibi roscido
Nutriunt umore.

Quare age, huc aditum ferens,
Perge linquere Thespiae
Rupis Aonios specus,
Nympha quos super irrigat
Frigerans Aganippe.

Ac domum dominam uoca
Coniugis cupidam novi,
Mentem amore revinciens,
Ut tenax hedera huc et huc
Arborem implicat errans.

Vosque item simul, integrae
Virgines, quibus advenit
Par dies, agite in modum
Dicite, o Hymenaee Hymen,
O Hymen Hymenaee.

Ut libentius, audiens
Se citarier ad suum
Munus, huc aditum ferat
Dux bonae Veneris, boni
Coniugator amoris.

Trionfo di Afrodite - Bridal Procession and Arrival of the Bride and Groom

COLLIS O HELICONII

O Heliconian hill,
Offspring of Urania,
Who lead the tender maiden
To her man, O Hymen Hymen,
O Hymen Hymenaeus;

Wreathe your temples with flowers
Of sweet-scented marjoram,
Take up the sacred flame joyfully, come hither,
Come hither, wearing golden
Slippers on your snowy foot;

And aroused by the joyous day,
Singing marriage songs
With tinkling voice,
Stamp the ground with your feet, shake
The pine torch in your hand.

For Iunia, to Manlius,
As Venus, dwelling in Idalium,
Came to the Phrygian Venus
As judge, a good maiden
Will marry under a good omen,

Gleaming like a myrtle
With flowering Asian branches
Which the Hamadryad goddesses
Nourish for their sport with dewy
Moisture.

Therefore, come, bringing access hither,
Leave the Thespian
Caves of the Aonian rocks,
Over which the cooling
Aganippe flows.

And invite the lady of the house
Desirous of her new husband,
Binding her mind with love,
As the tenacious ivy wanders here and there
Entangling the tree.

And you too, likewise, pure
Maidens, for whom the day arrives
Alike, act in the manner
Say, O Hymen Hymen Hymen,
O Hymen Hymenaeus.

So that more willingly, hearing
Herself summoned to her
Office, she may bring access hither
The good guide of Venus, the good
Uniter of love.