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(Posted 2013-05-09) CPDL #29068 :
Editor: Fernando Gómez Jácome (submitted 2013-05-09 ) . Score information: A4, 3 pages, 76 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Ave color vini clari
Composer: Juan Ponce
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular , Madrigal
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published:
Description: Cancioneiro de palacio, nº 414
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Ave, color vini clari,
Ave, sapor sine pari
Tua nos inebriari
Digneris potentia.
O quam felix creatura!
Quam perduxit vitis pura!
Omnis mensa sit secura
In tua presentia.
O quam placens in colore,
O quam fragrans in odore,
O quam sapidum in ore,
Dulce linguis vinculum!
Felix venter quem intrabis
Felix guttur quod rigabis,
O felix os, quod lababis
O beata labia.
Ergo, vinum collaudemus,
Potatores exaltemus,
Non potantes confundemus
In aeterna saecula. Amen!
English translation
Hail, clear color of wine;
Hail, flavor without equal;
And your deeming power
To make us drunk.
O such happy creation!
Such preserver of pure vine!
Every table is assured
In your presence.
O so pleasing in color,
O so fragrant in odore,
O so tasty in the mouth,
Sweetly bonding with the tongue!
Happy is the stomach where you go,
Happy is the throat which you moisten,
O happy mouth that shakes,
O blessed lips.
Therefore, let us praise wine
Exalt the drinkers
Confound the non-drinkers
For ever and ever. Amen!