1  Ego flos campi, 
   et lilium convallium.
2  Sicut lilium inter spinas,
   sic amica mea inter filias.
3  Sicut malus inter ligna silvarum,
   sic dilectus meus inter filios.
   Sub umbra illius quem desideraveram sedi,
   et fructus ejus dulcis gutturi meo.
4  Introduxit me in cellam vinariam;
   ordinavit in me caritatem.
5  Fulcite me floribus, 
   stipate me malis,
   quia amore langueo.
6  Læva ejus sub capite meo,
   et dextera illius amplexabitur me.
7  Adjuro vos, filiæ Jerusalem, per capreas 
   cervosque camporum, ne suscitetis, neque evigilare 
   faciatis dilectam,  
   quoadusque ipsa velit.
8  Vox dilecti mei; 
   ecce iste venit,
   saliens in montibus, 
   transiliens colles.
9  Similis est dilectus meus capreæ, hinnuloque cervorum.
   En ipse stat post parietem nostrum,
   respiciens per fenestras, 
   prospiciens per cancellos.
10 En dilectus meus loquitur mihi.
   Surge, propera, amica mea, 
   columba mea, formosa mea, et veni:
11 jam enim hiems transiit; imber abiit, et recessit.
12 Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra;
   tempus putationis advenit:
   vox turturis audita est in terra nostra;
13 ficus protulit grossos suos;
   vineæ florentes dederunt odorem suum.
   Surge, amica mea, speciosa mea, et veni:
14 columba mea, in foraminibus petræ, 
   in caverna maceriæ,
   ostende mihi faciem tuam,
   sonet vox tua in auribus meis:
   vox enim tua dulcis, 
   et facies tua decora.
15 Capite nobis vulpes parvulas quæ demoliuntur vineas:
   nam vinea nostra floruit.
16 Dilectus meus mihi, et ego illi,
   qui pascitur inter lilia,
17 donec aspiret dies, et inclinentur umbræ.
   Revertere; 
   similis esto, dilecte mi, capreæ,
   hinnuloque cervorum super montes Bether.

G. Ghedini sets lines 8-10
G. Palestrina sets lines 8-10 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
I. Pizzetti sets line 5 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
I. Pizzetti sets lines 10-13 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
G. Palestrina sets lines 16-17 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information

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Text Authorship:

• by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Song of Songs of Solomon), no. 2 [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 Giorgio Federico Ghedini (1892 - 1965), "Vox dilecti mei", 1930, lines 8-10 [ duet ], from Quattro Duetti su testi sacri, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525?6 - 1594), "Vox dilecti mei", lines 8-10 [ chorus ], motet [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880 - 1968), as Ildebrando da Parma, "Antifona amatoria di Basiliola", line 5 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880 - 1968), "Surge, propera, amica mea", 1959, published 1960, lines 10-13 [ tenor and piano ], from Tre canti d’amore, no. 3, Forlivesi [sung text not yet checked]

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• by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525?6 - 1594), "Dilectus meus " [ chorus ], motet
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• Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , from The Song of Songs: 2:10-13 [an adaptation] ; composed by Matthew King.
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• 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. 2 ; composed by John La Montaine, Henry Purcell, David Sisco, Howard Skempton.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Elaine Fine.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Elaine Fine.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Vivian Fine.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Song of Songs 2:3 ; composed by Marguerite Roesgen-Champion.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Song of Songs 2:8 ; composed by Marguerite Roesgen-Champion.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur.
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• Also set in Latin, [adaptation] ; composed by Guillaume Bouzignac.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), adapted by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862) , no title, appears in Еврейские песни (Jevrejskije pesni) = Jewish songs, no. 2 [an adaptation] ; composed by Vojtěch Hlaváč, as Войтех Иванович Главач, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky, Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov.
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• FRE French (Français) (Louis Segond) , Cantique des cantiques 2

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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-22
Line count: 51
Word count: 247