Ad faunum (Horace, set by J. Novák) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Faune, Nympharum fugientum amator,
per meos finis et aprica rura
lenis incedas abeasque parvis
  aequus alumnis,

si tener pleno cadit haedus anno
larga nec desunt Veneris sodali
vina creterrae, vetus ara multo
  fumat odore.

ludit herboso pecus omne campo,
cum tibi nonae redeunt Decembres;
festus in pratis vacat otioso
  cum bove pagus;

inter audacis lupus errat agnos,
spargit agrestis tibi silva frondes,
gaudet invisam pepulisse fossor
  ter pede terram.

Authorship

Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE-8 BCE)

Carmina

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Jan Novák (1921-1984)

Cantica latina

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