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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,
   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.


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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