Carmina Burana 18. Cour d'amours - Circa mea pectora
(Baritone and Chorus).............. In my heart
Circa mea pectora.................. In my heart multa sunt suspiria................ there are many sighs de tua pulchritudine,.............. for your beauty, que me ledunt misere............... which wound me sorely. Ah!
Manda liet,........................ Mandaliet, Manda liet..........................mandaliet, min geselle........................ my lover chumet niet.........................does not come.
Tui lucent oculi....................Your eyes shine sicut solis radii,..................like the rays of the sun, sicut splendor fulguris............ like the flashing of lightening lucem donat tenebris............... which brightens the darkness. Ah!
Manda liet..........................Mandaliet, Manda liet,........................ mandaliet, min geselle........................ my lover chumet niet.........................does not come.
Vellet deus, vallent dei............May God grant, may the gods grant quod mente proposui:................what I have in mind: ut eius virginea....................that I may loose reserassem vincula................. the chains of her virginity. Ah!
Manda liet,........................ Mandaliet, Manda liet,........................ mandaliet, min geselle........................ my lover chumet niet.........................does not come.