by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Language: Latin 
Our translations:  DUT ENG FRE GER
Tenebrae factae sunt, dum crucifixissent Jesum Judaei: 
et circa horam nonam exclamavit Jesus voce magna: 
Deus meus, ut quid me dereliquisti? 
Et inclinato capite, emisit spiritum.

Exclamans Jesus voce magna, ait: 
Pater, in manus tuas commendo spiritum meum.

Historical note: there is no basis in scripture or history for the portrayal of the Jewish people as the crucifiers of Jesus Christ. This long-standing charge of collective guilt was eventually repudiated by the Catholic Church at the second Vatican Council in 1965. Performers may opt to change the last word in the first line to "Nazarenum" instead (with thanks to Ian Pomerantz).

Composition:

    Set to music by (Johann) Michael Haydn (1737 - 1806), "Tenebræ factæ sunt", MH 162 [ SATB chorus a cappella ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Het was donker geworden"
  • ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , "Shadows covered the earth", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ahmed E. Ismail

This text was added to the website: 2005-03-22
Line count: 6
Word count: 39