Prophetiae Sibyllarum

Song Cycle by Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594)

1. Carmina Chromatico
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Carmina Chromatico, 
Quae audis modulata tenore,
Haec sunt illa, quibus nostrae olim arcana salutis
Bis senae intrepido, 
Cecinerunt ore Sibyllae.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources.

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Chromatic songs", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Prologue", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Correction sent in by e-mail by V. Nesterov
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2. Sibylla Persica
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Virgine matre satus pando residebit assello,
Iucundus princeps unus qui ferre salutem
Rite queat lapsis tamen; illis forte diebus
Multi multa ferent immensi fata laboris
Solo sed satis est oracula prodere verbo:
Ille Deus casta nascetur virgine magnus.

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  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources.

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  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "The Persian Oracle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sibylle de Perse", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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3. Sibylla Libyca
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Ecce dies venient, quo aeternus tempore princeps
Irradians sata laeta viris sua crimina tollet,
Lumine clarescet cuius synagoga recenti.
Sordida qui solus reserabit labra reorum.
Aequus erit cunctis gremio rex membra 
reclinet Reginae mundi,
Sanctus per saecula vivus.

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  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources.

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  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "The Libyan Oracle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sibylle de Libye", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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4. Sibylla Delphica
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Nun tarde veniet, tacita sed mente tenendum
Hoc opus, hoc memori semper, qui corde reponet,
Huius pertendant cor gaudia magna Prophetae
Eximii, qui virginea conceptus ab alvo
Prodibit, sine contactu maris omnia vincit
Hoc naturae opera, at fecit, qui cuncta gubernat.

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  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources.

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  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "The Delphic Oracle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sibylle de Delphes", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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5. Sibylla Cimmeria
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
In teneris annis facie insignis honore
Militiae aeternae regem sacra virgo cibabit
Lacte suo, per quem gaudebunt pectore summo Omnia,
Et Eoo lucebit sydus ab orbe Mirificum.
Sua dona magi cum laude ferentes
Obiicient puero myrrham, aurum, thura sabaea.

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  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources.

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  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "The Cimmerian (Black Sea) Oracle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sibylle cimmérienne", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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6. Sibylla Samia
 (Sung text)

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.

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  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources.

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  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "The Samian Oracle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sibylle de Samos", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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7. Sibylla Cumana
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Iam mea certa manent et vera novissima verba.
Ultima venturi, quod erant oracula regis,
Qui toti veniens mundo cum pace placebit,
Ut voluit nostra vestitus carne decenter,
In cunctis humilis.
Castam pro matre puellam deliget.
Haec alias forma praecesserit omnes.

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  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources.

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "The Cumaean Oracle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sibylle de Cumes", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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8. Sibylla Hellespontiaca
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Dum meditor quondam, vidi decorare puellam
Eximio castam, quod se servaret honore
Munera digna suo et divino numine visa,
Quae sobolem multo pareret splendore micantem
Progenies summi speciosa et vera tonantis
Pacifica mundum, qui sub ditione gubernet.

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  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources.

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  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "The Hellespontine Oracle (of the Dardanelles)", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sibylle de l'Hellespont", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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9. Sibylla Phrygia
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Ipsa Deum vidi summum punire volentem
Mundi homines stupidos et pectora caeca rebellis,
Et quia sic nostram complerent crimina pellem.
Virginis in corpus voluit demittere coelo
Ipse Deus prolem, quam nuntiat angelus almae
Matri Quo miseros contracto sorte lavaret.

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  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources.

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "The Phrygian (Turkish) Oracle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sibylle de Phrygie", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Note: the last two words may be "sorde levaret"

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10. Sibylla Europaea
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Virginis aeternum veniet de corpore verbum purum.
Qui valles et montes transiet altos,
Ille volens etiam stellato missus olympo
Edetur mundo pauper, 
qui cuncta silenti rex erit imperio.
Sic credo et memo fatebor:
Humano simul et divino semine natus.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources.

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "The European Oracle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sibylle d'Europe", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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11. Sibylla Tiburtina
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Verax ipse Deus dedit haec mihi munia fandi
Carmine, quod sanctam potui monstrare puellam.
Concipiet, quae Nazareis in finibus illum,
Quem sub carne Deum Bethlemitica rura videbunt.
O nimium felix coelo dignissima mater,
Quae tantam sacro lactabit ab ubere prolem.

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  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources.

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  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "The Tiburtine Oracle (of Tivoli)", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sibylle de Tibur", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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12. Sibylla Erythraea
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Cerno Dei natum, qui se dimisit ab alto.
Ultima felices referent cum tempora soles.
Hebraea, quem virgo fere [feret?] de stirpe decora,
In terris multum teneris passurus ab annis.
Magnus erit tamen hic divino carmine vates
Virgine matre satus, prudenti pectore verax.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources.

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "The Erythraean (Red Sea) Oracle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sibylle d'Érythrée", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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13. Sibylla Agrippa
 (Sung text)

Language: Latin 
Summus erit sub carne satus clarissimus atque Virginis
Et vere complevit viscera sanctum
Verbum consilio sine noxa spiritus almi,
Despectus multis tamen ille salutis amore
Arguet et nostra commissa piacula culpa,
Cuius honos constans et gloria certa manebit.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources.

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "The Agrippan Oracle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sibylle Agrippa", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Note for line 2, word 3: this could be a typo for "complebit"

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Total word count: 488