Carmina Burana, Part One

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I) Let your heart be filled with joy:/Rejoice for Spring's return!/Earth is Mother Nature's toy,/Painted green and auburn./No more viewing Winter's dawn,/Icy grey and lonely;/I am being shined upon,/Drawn by Spring to you only. // II) Morning dew upon the lawn/Suckled by the morn dove,/Gentle diamonds in the dawn/Pawed at by mist's white glove --/On this board my heart is pawn/In those games we dream of./Quick, before our Spring is gone,/Let us win each others' love. // IV) Lovebirds mate and sing their song/Sweetly to the flowers./Sunshine breathes through clear and strong,/Warding off the showers./Birds are soaring, courting trees,/Trunks as tall as towers./Smell the scent of love's sweet breeze --/Women under Spring's powers./Ah!

I) Now the sun breaks through the cold/Just when it is needed./Winter's white and Autumn's gold/Have at last receded,/Making way for Springtime's hold./Bursting forth unheeded,/Trees and flowers, now made bold,/Show where they were seeded. // II) Life can sometimes be a trial,/Often without reason,/But one thing can reconcile/ Fortune's acts of treason:/Seeing Spring restore a smile,/Pleasing all it breathes on,/ Letting loose your passion while/Pleasure is in season. // III) Love me tender, love me sweet,/Never let me go, dear./Don't hold back and don't retreat:/Let desire grow. Dear/Me, why are you scared to greet/Love when you well know, dear,/How the thrill of passion's heat/Warms you from below, dear.

I) Thank God Spring's here!/Frozen snows clear./Seedlings sprout and start to rise./Golden brightness/Melts the whiteness./Sunshine streams through cloudless skies./Come on, let a smile grow --/No more grieving!/Winter's leaving!/Summer colors start to show! // II) Ice turns liquid./Lakes, once frigid,/Wake up from a Winter's rest./Fog is clearing,/Disappearing./Spring is sucking Summer's breast./ Now's the time for happiness!/No more stalling!/Love is calling/Under Summer's warm caress. // III) Passion's glory/Is the story/When sweet waters start to flow./ Don't be sorry/And don't worry/If you're stuck by Cupid's bow./Spring can melt a heart of ice./Just rejoice and/Raise your voice and/Taste the joys of paradise!/Ah!

I) Flowers bloom and multiply/'Neath our Lord's blue-crystal sky./Where's my lover hiding?/Did he go riding?/He's fled on horseback./Oh no! Now the sky turns black. // Flowers bloom and robins sing./I'm longing for my lover's sting/To feed my heated body's hunger./I wish he had stayed a little longer./He's gone and not returning./Oh me, who'll stop my burning?/Ah.

Sorry sir, this lipstick stinks./It's just not expressive./Let me know when you can see/ Anything that makes me look impressive. //Tease my hair so men can see/I don't feel like shunning/Their affections. Let them know/I've quite a lot of features that are stunning. //Wait up, World! Slow life down!/I'm so over-active./It's a shame. It really is!/I can't help it if I'm so attractive. // Ref) Look at me. . . ./Can you see/If my make-up's running?

Are those girls we see?/Each retains her chastity,/Sighing from love's call/All through Spring and into Fall./Aw, shucks.

Candy? Candy, little girl?/Let me take you for a whirl./Let me take you for a whirl./ Candy? Candy, little girl? // Sweetest, though in dreams you're mine,/I long to drink your lips of wine,/I long to drink your lips of wine,/Sweetest, though in dreams you're mine.

If the world belonged to me/From the Rhine out to the sea,/I'd relinquish all life's charms/Just so Her Britannic Majesty/Would come into my arms./Hey!