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Première leçon de ténèbres du Mercredi saint pour une basse
 (Sung text for setting by M. Charpentier)
 Matches original text
Language: Latin 
Our translations:  FRE
Incipit Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae

Aleph. Quomodo sedet sola civitas plena populo!
Facta est quasi vidua domina gentium;
princeps provinciarum facta est sub tributo.

Beth. Plorans ploravit in nocte, et lacrymae ejus in maxillis ejus;
non est qui consoletur eam, ex omnibus charis ejus;
omnes amici ejus spreverunt eam, et facti sunt ei inimici.

Ghimel. Migravit Juda propter afflictionem, et multitudinem servitutis;
habitavit inter gentes, nec invenit requiem;
omnes persecutores ejus apprehenderunt eam inter angustias.

Daleth. Viae Sion lugent, eo quod non sint qui veniant ad solemnitatem;
omnes portae ejus destructae, sacerdotes ejus gementes;
virgines ejus squalidae, et ipsa oppressa amaritudine.

He. Facti sunt hostes ejus in capite, inimici ejus locupletati sunt,
quia Dominus locutus est super eam propter multitudinem iniquitatum ejus;
parvuli ejus ducti sunt in captivitatem ante faciem tribulantis.

Composition:

    Set to music by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1634 - 1704), "Première leçon de ténèbres du Mercredi saint pour une basse", H. 120

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Lamentationes 1, 1-5

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Première leçon de ténèbres du Mercredi saint pour une basse", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-09-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 132

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