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1 Stabat Mater dolorosa Iuxta crucem lacrimosa dum pendebat Filius. 2. Cuius animam gementem, contristatam et dolentem, pertransivit gladius. 3. O quam tristis et afflicta fuit illa benedicta Mater Unigeniti. 4. Quæ mœrebat et dolebat, Pia Mater cum videbat Nati pœnas incliti. 5. Quis est homo qui non fleret, Matrem Christi si videret in tanto supplicio? 6. Quis non posset contristari, Christi Matrem contemplari dolentem cum Filio? ... 9. Eia Mater, fons amoris, me sentire vim doloris fac, ut tecum lugeam. 10. Fac ut ardeat cor meum in amando Christum Deum, ut sibi complaceam. ...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-6,9-10 of the original text.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Jan Novák (1921 - 1984), "Stabat Mater", stanzas 1-6,9-10, from Cantica latina, no. 24
Text Authorship:
- possibly by Jacopone da Todi (1230 - 1306)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Stabat mater"
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "The sorrowful mother", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La mère pleine de douleurs", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Karl Eitner) , "Stabat mater dolorosa"
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 60
Word count: 244
1. The sorrowful mother
Stood weeping next to the cross
Upon which her son was hanging.
2. Whose anguished soul,
Grief stricken and sorrowful,
Had been pierced by a sword.
3. O what sadness and suffering
For she who was blessed to be
Mother of the only-begotten One.
4. Who grieved and lamented,
The pious mother, as she saw
The torments of her Son.
5. Is there a person who would not weep,
Upon seeing the Mother of Christ
In such great distress?
6. Who would not feel sorrow,
When contemplating Christ’s Mother
Suffering so with her Son?
...
9. Ah, Mother, wellspring of love,
Allow me to feel the power of your grief
So that I might mourn with you.
10. Make my heart burn
With love for Christ, the Lord,
So that I might please Him.
...
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-6,9-10 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Latin to English copyright © 2022 by Michael P Rosewall, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Latin possibly by Jacopone da Todi (1230 - 1306)
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This text was added to the website: 2022-08-05
Line count: 60
Word count: 353