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Four Lenten Motets
Song Cycle by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963)
View original-language texts alone: Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence
Timor et tremor venerunt super me,
et caligo cecidit super me:
miserere mei Domine, ...
quoniam in te confidit anima mea.
Exaudi Deus deprecationem meam
quia refugium meum es
tu adjutor fortis.
Domine, invocavi te, non confundar.
Fear and terror have settled upon me; the shadows have invaded me. Have mercy on me, Lord; have mercy. Unto you I commend my spirit. Hear, O Lord, my prayer, for you are my refuge and my succour, all-powerful Lord and I invoke Thee: let me never be confounded.
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Vinea mea electa, ego te plantavi: quomodo conversa es in amaritudinem, ut me crucifigeres et Barrabam dimitteres. Sepivi te, et lapides elegi ex te, et ædificavi turrim.
O vineyard, my chosen one! I planted you: how are you changed from sweet to bitter, to have crucified me and released Barrabas? I protected you; I have removed stones that could bother you and built a tower for your defense.
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Tenebrae factae sunt, dum crucifixissent Jesum Judaei: et circa horam nonam exclamavit Jesus voce magna: Deus meus, ut quid me dereliquisti? Et inclinato capite, emisit spiritum. Exclamans Jesus voce magna, ait: Pater, in manus tuas commendo spiritum meum.
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
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Historical note: there is no basis in scripture or history for the portrayal of the Jewish people as the crucifiers of Jesus Christ. This long-standing charge of collective guilt was eventually repudiated by the Catholic Church at the second Vatican Council in 1965. Performers may opt to change the last word in the first line to "Nazarenum" instead (with thanks to Ian Pomerantz).
Shadows covered the earth, when [the Jews crucified Jesus]1, and toward the ninth hour Jesus let forth a great cry, saying: "My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?" And lowering his head, he gave up the spirit. Jesus, crying out in a great voice, said: "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit."
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View original text (without footnotes)1 if the change suggested in the footnote below the original on the left-hand side of this page is applied, this would become "when they crucified Jesus of Nazareth"
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Word count: 55
Tristis est anima mea usque ad mortem: sustinete hic, et vigilate mecum: nunc videbitis turbam, quæ circumdabit me: Vos fugam capietis, et ego vadam immolari pro vobis. Ecce appropinquat hora, et Filius hominis tradetur in manus peccatorum.
Sad is my soul unto death: stay here, and keep watch with me: soon you will see a crowd of men surround me. You shall flee, and I will go to be sacrificed for you. Here is the approaching hour when the Son of man will be delivered into the hands of sinful man.
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Line count: 6
Word count: 54