possibly by Jacopone da Todi (1230 - 1306)

Language: Latin 
Our translations:  DUT ENG FRE
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 et tremebat
Nati pœnas incliti.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4 of the original text.

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Composition:

    Set to music by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Quartetto e coro", op. 58 no. 1 (1876-1877), first performed 1880, stanzas 1-4, from oratorio Stabat Mater, no. 1

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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.
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Word count: 244