Poculum elevatum (Thomas Arne)

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Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2019-02-03).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 56 kB   Copyright: Personal
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General Information

Title: Poculum elevatum
Composer: Thomas Arne
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Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: ATTBB
Genre: SecularGlee

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1778
Description: Between 1763 and 1794 Thomas Warren published, through differing publishers, an annual collection of catches, canons and glees, under the aegis of the Catch Club. This item was published in the sixteenth collection.

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Poculum elevatum,
quod nobis est pergratum.
Poculum elevatissimum,
quod nobis est pergratissimum.
Bibamus, bibamus, bibamus,
Bibe totum extra, nil manet intra.
Hoc est bonum in visceribus meis.
Hoc est bonum in visceribus tuis,
Et nos consequimur laudes tuas.
O quam bonum est, O quam jucundum est,
Poculis fraternis gaudere.

English.png English translation

O wine-cup, raised so high,
That is so welcome,
O wine cup raised most high,
That is most welcome.
We drink, we drink, we drink.
Drink it all, so none remains.
That is good for my frame,
That is good for your frame,
And we join your praises.
O how good it is, O how joyful,
To celebrate in brotherly wine-cups.