Trauere wie eine Jungfrau | Trauere wie eine Jungfrau, mein Volk

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by Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (c1561 - 1613)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Plange quasi virgo

Language: Italian (Italiano)

Our translations: GER

Plange quasi virgo, plebs mea,
ululate, pastores, in cinere et cilicio
quia veniet dies Domini magna et amara valde.

Accingite vos, sacerdotes, et plangite, ministri altaris,
aspergite vos cinere.

Text Authorship:

by Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (c1561 - 1613), first published 1611 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (c1561 - 1613), "Plange quasi virgo", published 1611. [vocal sextet (SSATTB) a cappella] [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Trauere wie eine Jungfrau", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Trauere wie eine Jungfrau

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Italian (Italiano)

Trauere wie eine Jungfrau, mein Volk,
heult, Hirten, geht in Sack und Asche,
denn der gewaltige und äußerst bittere Tag des Herrn wird kommen.
Gürtet euch, Priester, und klagt, Altardiener,
streut Asche aufs Haupt.
Denn der gewaltige und äußerst bittere Tag des Herrn wird kommen.

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Translation from Italian (Italiano) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2015 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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a text in Italian (Italiano) by Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (c1561 - 1613), first published 1611
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-11
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Word count: 45