Summer has at last come in,
Loudly sing, Aku!
Seeds are growing, breeze is blowing,
And woodlands grow anew -
Sing Aku!
Mother ewes bleat after lambs,
And cows at calves go moo;
Steers are staring, bucks are blaring,
Gaily sing, Aku!
Aku, Aku, you sing so well, Aku;
May you never be through;
Sing Aku, do, sing Aku,
Sing Aku, sing, Aku, do!
(Translator's note: This poem written in celebration of the summer is of a type called a "reverdie," or poem celebrating spring. It was written with musical notation accompanying the text; a six part "ground round" or round sung over a repeated bass line. This song happens to be the earliest example of such in English polyphony, just predating the famous - and strangely similar - "Sumer is icumen in.")
Loudly sing, Aku!
Seeds are growing, breeze is blowing,
And woodlands grow anew -
Sing Aku!
Mother ewes bleat after lambs,
And cows at calves go moo;
Steers are staring, bucks are blaring,
Gaily sing, Aku!
Aku, Aku, you sing so well, Aku;
May you never be through;
Sing Aku, do, sing Aku,
Sing Aku, sing, Aku, do!
(Translator's note: This poem written in celebration of the summer is of a type called a "reverdie," or poem celebrating spring. It was written with musical notation accompanying the text; a six part "ground round" or round sung over a repeated bass line. This song happens to be the earliest example of such in English polyphony, just predating the famous - and strangely similar - "Sumer is icumen in.")