Stabat mater

Set by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736), "Stabat mater" [Sung Text]

Note: this setting is made up of several separate texts.

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1 Stabat Mater dolorosa
Iuxta crucem lacrimosa
dum pendebat Filius.

2. Cuius animam gementem,
contristatam et dolentem,
pertransivit gladius.

3. O quam tristis et afflicta
fuit illa benedicta
Mater Unigeniti.

4. Quæ mœrebat et dolebat,
Pia Mater cum videbat
Nati pœnas incliti.

5. Quis est homo qui non fleret,
Matrem Christi si videret
in tanto supplicio?

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8. Vidit suum dulcem natum
moriendo desolatum,
dum emisit spiritum.

9. Eia Mater, fons amoris,
me sentire vim doloris
fac, ut tecum lugeam.

10. Fac ut ardeat cor meum
in amando Christum Deum,
ut sibi complaceam.

11. Sancta Mater, istud agas,
Crucifixi fige plagas
cordi meo valide.

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16. Fac ut portem Christi mortem,
passionis fac consortem,
et plagas recolere.

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Stabat mater"
  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The sorrowful mother", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La mère pleine de douleurs", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Karl Eitner) , "Stabat mater dolorosa"

Note: There are several versions of this text. Please visit the highly detailed Stabat Mater Website for more information about over 200 Stabat Mater settings and the many textual variants.
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22. Fac me cruce custodiri
Morte Christi praemuniri
Confoveri gratia

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Stabat Mater speciosa"

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

  • ENG English (Benjamin Kasiel Pixley) , "The Mother was standing, beautiful", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La mère magnifique se tenait", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Karl Eitner) , "Stabat mater speciosa"

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20. Quando corpus morietur,
fac ut animæ donetur
Paradisi gloria. Amen

Text Authorship:

See other settings of this text.

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Stabat mater"
  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The sorrowful mother", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La mère pleine de douleurs", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Karl Eitner) , "Stabat mater dolorosa"

Note: There are several versions of this text. Please visit the highly detailed Stabat Mater Website for more information about over 200 Stabat Mater settings and the many textual variants.
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

Author(s): Jacopone da Todi (1230 - 1306), Anonymous/Unidentified Artist