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Dilectus meus descendit in hortum suum...
Language: Latin 
1  Dilectus meus descendit in hortum suum ad areolam aromatum,
   ut pascatur in hortis, et lilia colligat.
2  Ego dilecto meo, et dilectus meus mihi,
   qui pascitur inter lilia.
3  Pulchra es, amica mea;
   suavis, et decora sicut Jerusalem;
   terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinata.
4  Averte oculos tuos a me,
   quia ipsi me avolare fecerunt.
   Capilli tui sicut grex caprarum
   quæ apparuerunt de Galaad.
5  Dentes tui sicut grex ovium
   quæ ascenderunt de lavacro:
   omnes gemellis fœtibus,
   et sterilis non est in eis.
6  Sicut cortex mali punici, sic genæ tuæ,
   absque occultis tuis.
7  Sexaginta sunt reginæ, et octoginta concubinæ,
   et adolescentularum non est numerus.
8  Una est columba mea, perfecta mea,
   una est matris suæ, electa genetrici suæ.
   Viderunt eam filiæ, et beatissimam prædicaverunt;
   reginæ et concubinæ, et laudaverunt eam.
9  Quæ est ista quæ progreditur quasi aurora consurgens,
   pulchra ut luna, electa ut sol,
   terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinata?
10 Descendi in hortum [nucum]1,
   ut viderem poma convallium,
   et inspicerem si floruisset vinea,
   et germinassent mala punica.
11 Nescivi: anima mea conturbavit me,
   propter quadrigas Aminadab.
12 Revertere, revertere, Sulamitis!
   revertere, revertere ut intueamur te.

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•   G. Palestrina 

G. Palestrina sets line 10

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

See also Grier's Dilectus meus mihi.

See also Schütz's Anima mea liquefacta est.

1 Palestrina: "meum"

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Song of Songs of Solomon), no. 6 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525?6 - 1594), "Descendi in hortum meum", line 10 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Song of Songs of Solomon / Canticle of Canticles (KJV), no. 6 ; composed by Howard Skempton.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-11-07
Line count: 34
Word count: 188

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