by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377)
Tu qui gregem tuum ducis
Language: Latin
Our translations: ENG
Motetus: Tu qui gregem tuum ducis, Opera fac veri ducis, Nam ducere et non duci, Hoc competit vero duci. Dux prudentium consilio Ducat nec sit in ottio Debetque dux anteire, Ductus autem obedire; Sed si ductor nescit iter, Ambo pereunt leviter. Nam ambulat absque luce Qui ducitur ceco duce, Sed qui habet verum ducem Omni hora habet lucem, Et ille bene ducitur Qui a nullo seducitur. Unde qui ducum ductor es, Contere nunc seductores, Et taliter nos deducas, Ut ad pacem nos perducas. Triplum Plange regni republica! Tua gens ut scismatica Desolatur; Nam pars eius est iniqua Et altera sophistica Reputatur. De te mondo non curatur, Inimicis locus datur [Franduletur]1, Tui status deturpatur; Sua virtus augmentatur Nunc potentur. Te rexerunt imprudenter, Licet forte innocenter Tui cari. Sed amodo congaudenter Te facient et [potenter]2, Deo dante, dominari. Tenor Apprehende arma et scutum et exurge.
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1 in another edition: "fraudulenter"
2 in another edition: "patenter"
Researcher for this page: David Wyatt
1 in another edition: "fraudulenter"
2 in another edition: "patenter"
Text Authorship:
- by Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377) [author's text checked 2 times 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 Guillaume de Machaut (c1300 - 1377), "Tu qui gregem tuum ducis" [four-part chorus], motet [text verified 2 times]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "You who lead your flock", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: David Wyatt
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 42
Word count: 140