Human Nature

edited September 2016 in General
Been so busy lately I wish sleep wasn't a thing. Too many things.

In Collegium Musicum, an early music ensemble I accompany, we are looking into Spanish music, Juan del Encina came up.
This piece sums up human nature.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bNgkKvXE0VQ

"All the good in the world
Passes quickly
As does its memory
Safe for glory and fame

Time brings some good fortune and luck
And then comes death
That leaves none of us untouched

All the good in the world
Passes quickly
As does its memory
Safe for glory and fame

The greatest and best venture
Passes quickly
As does its memory
Safe for glory and fame

Fame lives surely
Despite its barer's death
All good is a dream
As sure as burial

The greatest and best venture
Passes quickly
As does its memory
Safe for glory and fame"

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