Cignus Ustus Cantat Lyrics

Carl Orff Cignus Ustus Cantat

Olim lacus colueram,
olim pulcher extiteram,
dum cignus ego fueram.

(Male chorus)
Miser, miser!
modo niger
et ustus fortiter!

(Tenor)
Girat, regirat garcifer;
me rogus urit fortiter;
propinat me nunc dapifer,

(Male Chorus)
Miser, miser!
modo niger
et ustus fortiter!

(Tenor)
Nunc in scutella iaceo,
et volitare nequeo
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(Male Chorus)
Miser, miser!
modo niger
et ustus fortiter!