Recitativo
 Fac ut sordescat tellus
Make vulgar region

 dum respicimus coelum;
 as long as we look to the sky;

 fac ut bona superna
 Make good on high

 constanter diligamus
 constant love

 et sperantes aeterna
 and eternal hope

 quidquid caducum 
 whatever epileptic

 est odio habeamus.
 he hated.

Aria da capo - Largo
 Rosa quae moritur,
 Rose which dies

 unda quae labitur,
 water which flows;

 mundi delicias
 the world's hanky

 docent fugaces.
 teach fleeting.

 Vix fronte amabili
 Scarcely attractive

 mulcent cum labili
 with their frail

 pede praetervolant
 foot sailing

 larvae fallaces.
 larvae of error.