| Exiit diluculo |
She went out early, |
Morning dawns, and with a laugh |
| rustica puella |
a country girl, |
Comes a country maiden. |
| cum grege, cum baculo, |
with her flock, with her staff, |
With her sheep and with her staff, |
| cum lana novella. |
wearing new wool. |
New wool she's arrayed in. |
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| Sunt in grege parvulo |
She has a small flock, |
She has in her little flock |
| ovis et asella, |
braying donkeys and sheep, |
Lambs and jennies braying. |
| vitula cum vitulo, |
heifers with calves, |
Calves and heifers are her stock, |
| caper et capella. |
she-goats and kids. |
Kids and she-goats playing. |
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| Conspexit in cespite |
She saw on the grass |
There's a scholar, young and bored, |
| scolarem sedere: |
a scholar sitting: |
Sitting in the heather. |
| «quid tu facis, domine? |
“What are you doing, my lord? |
"How are you today, my lord? |
| veni mecum ludere!» |
Come play with me!” |
Let's go and play together!" |
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| Anonymous |
Carol Anne Perry Lagemann |
Carol Anne Perry Lagemann |