by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Sibylla Samia
Language: Latin
Ecce dies, nigras quae tollet laeta tenebras, Mox veniet solvens nodosa volumina vatum Gentis Judaeae. Referent, ut carmina plebis Hunc poterunt clarum virorum tangere regem, Humano quem virgo sinu inviolata fovebit. Annuit hoc coelum, rutilantia sidera monstrant.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources. [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "Sibylla Samia", published 1578, from Prophetiae Sibyllarum, no. 6. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , title unknown, copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Sibylle de Samos", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "The Samian Oracle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 7
Word count: 37