In a deep sleep | If in a deep sleep

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by Giacomo Cassetti (1682 - 1757)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

In somno profundo

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

In somno profundo
Si jacet immersus 
Non amplius sit vigil
Qui dormit in te.
Quiescat exanguis,
Et sanguis 
Sic exeat 
Superbus in me.

Text Authorship:

by Giacomo Cassetti (1682 - 1757) [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 Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "In somno profundo", RV 644 (1716), first performed 1716, from oratorio Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarie [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "In a deep sleep", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 23

In a deep sleep

Language: English after the Latin

If in a deep sleep 
he lies submerged,
he can no longer be vigilant 
who sleeps by your will.
Let him sleep bloodless,
and the blood
thus pour forth 
splendidly for me.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Latin to English copyright © 2026 by Grant Hicks, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Latin by Giacomo Cassetti (1682 - 1757)
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This text was added to the website: 2026-05-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 32