"Tempus est iocundum, o virgines! modo congaudete, vos iuvenes! o! o! totus floreo! Iam amore virginali totus ardeo; novus, novus amor est, quo pereo!"
— Carmina Burana

January 1, 1970

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No. 179, "Tempus est iocundum, o virgines!", line 1; translation from Peter Dronke The Medieval Lyric (Woodbridge: D. S. Brewer, 2002) p. 192.