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Dilectus meus

Set by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525?6 - 1594), "Dilectus meus " [ chorus ], motet [Sung Text]

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


 ... 
Dilectus meus mihi, et ego illi,
   qui pascitur inter lilia,
donec aspiret dies, et inclinentur umbræ.
   Revertere; 
   similis esto, dilecte mi, capreæ,
   hinnuloque cervorum super montes Bether.

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Song of Songs of Solomon), no. 2

See other settings of this text.

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Louis Segond) , Cantique des cantiques 2

See also G. Jackson's I am the rose of Sharon.

See also Daniel-Lesur's Dialogue.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]



1  In lectulo meo, per noctes,
   quæsivi quem diligit anima mea:
   quæsivi illum, et non inveni.
 ... 

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , appears in Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Song of Songs of Solomon), no. 3

See other settings of this text.

See also Trevor Weston's Who is This.

See also Victoria's Vadam et circuibo.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]


Author(s): Bible or other Sacred Texts
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