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'''Genre:''' {{pcat|Secular| music}}, {{pcat|Canon|s}}<br>
'''Genre:''' {{pcat|Secular| music}}, {{pcat|Canon|s}}<br>
{{Language|Middle English}}
{{Language|Middle English}}{{language|Latin}}
{{a cappella}}
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'''Published:'''<br>
'''Form:''' ''Rota, Rondellus''<br>
'''Published:''' c. 1250 C.E.<br>


'''Description:'''
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Sing cuccu nu. Sing cuccu.<br>
Sing cuccu nu. Sing cuccu.<br>
Sing cuccu. Sing cuccu nu!
Sing cuccu. Sing cuccu nu!
{{Text|Latin}}
Perspice Christicola,<br>
que digacio;<br>
celicus agricola<br>
pro vitis vicio,<br>
filio,<br>
non parcens exposuit<br>
mortis exicio.<br>
Qui captivos<br>
Semivivos<br>
a supplicio<br>
Vite donat<br>
et secum coronat<br>
in celi solio.


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Sing cuckoo now. Sing, Cuckoo.<br>
Sing cuckoo now. Sing, Cuckoo.<br>
Sing Cuckoo. Sing cuckoo now!
Sing Cuckoo. Sing cuckoo now!
{{Translation|English}}
Observe, worshipper of Christ,<br>
what gracious condescension!<br>
The heavenly husband,<br>
because of the vine's imperfection,<br>
not sparing his son,<br>
exposed him<br>
to death's destruction.<br>
The prisoners,<br>
who are half-dead<br>
on account of the death sentence,<br>
he restores to life,<br>
and crowns them at his side<br>
on heaven's throne.<br>
''  -Trans. Ernest H. Sanders''


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General Information

Title: Sumer is icumen in
Composer: Anonymous

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SATBBB
, or 6 equal voices
Genre: Secular, Canon

Language: Middle English
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Form: Rota, Rondellus
Published: c. 1250 C.E.

Description:

External websites:

Original text and translations

Middle_English.png Middle English text

Sumer is icumen in,
Lude sing Cucu,
Groweth sed, and bloweth med,
And springeth wude nu.
Sing Cucu!

Awe bleateth after lambe
Lowth after calve cu
Bullock starteth, bucke varteth
Myrie sing Cucu
Cucu, cucu

Well singes thu Cucu
ne swik thi naver nu.

Pes:
Sing cuccu nu. Sing cuccu.
Sing cuccu. Sing cuccu nu!


Latin.png Latin text

Perspice Christicola,
que digacio;
celicus agricola
pro vitis vicio,
filio,
non parcens exposuit
mortis exicio.
Qui captivos
Semivivos
a supplicio
Vite donat
et secum coronat
in celi solio.


English.png English translation

Summer has come in,
Loudly sing, Cuckoo!
The seed grows and the meadow blooms
And the wood springs anew,
Sing, Cuckoo!

The ewe bleats after the lamb,
The cow lows after the calf.
The bullock stirs, the buck-goat turns,
Merrily sing, Cuckoo!
Cuckoo, cuckoo,

Well you sing, cuckoo;
Don't you ever stop now.

Pes:
Sing cuckoo now. Sing, Cuckoo.
Sing Cuckoo. Sing cuckoo now!


English.png English translation

Observe, worshipper of Christ,
what gracious condescension!
The heavenly husband,
because of the vine's imperfection,
not sparing his son,
exposed him
to death's destruction.
The prisoners,
who are half-dead
on account of the death sentence,
he restores to life,
and crowns them at his side
on heaven's throne.
-Trans. Ernest H. Sanders


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