Now is the month of maying (Thomas Morley)

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General Information

Title: Now is the Month of Maying
Composer: Thomas Morley

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Secular, Madrigal

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1595 in First Book of Ballets, no. 3

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• Live performance of this work by the dwsChorale (youtube video)

Original text and translations

English text Now is the month of Maying, When merry lads are playing, Fa la la. Each with his bonny lass Upon the greeny grass,* Fa la la. The Spring, clad all in gladness, Doth laugh at Winter’s sadness, Fa la la. And to the bagpipe’s** sound The nymphs tread out their ground, Fa la la. Fie then! why sit we musing Youth’s sweet delight refusing? Fa la la. Say, dainty nymphs, and speak, Shall we play Barley-break? Fa la la. * also: A-dancing on the grass ** also: bagpipes

Esperanto translation Printempas kiam majas, Ludantaj knaboj gajas, Fa la la! Kun inoj sur herbej’ Ĉar nun ĝi verdas plej. Fa la la! Somero ĝojon portas, Jen vintra tristo mortas. Fa la la! Kaj logas la ŝalmson’ La nimfojn kun impon’. Fa la la! Fi, kial ni meditas? Junaĝa rav’ invitas. Fa la la! Ho, nimfoj kun graci’, Ekludu nun kun ni. Fa la la! Translation by Roel Haveman

German translation Nun strahlt der Mai den Herzen, da muntre Knaben scherzen. Auf lustig grünem Platz tanzt jeder mit dem Schatz. Des Winters lacht in Wonne die goldne Frühlingssonne. Schalmeienklänge ziehn die Mädchen her ins Grün. Wie? wollet ihr noch säumen, die Jugendlust verträumen? O sagt, kommt ihr zum Tanz und schlingt den Erntekranz?