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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 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
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"
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 60
Word count: 244
1. La mère pleine de douleurs était debout
Au pied de la croix en larmes
Quand son Fils y pendait.
2. Son âme gémissante
Toute triste et pleine de douleurs
L'épée la transperça.
3. Comme elle était triste et désespérée
Celle qui était bénie,
La mère du Fils unique !
4. Elle s'affligeait et souffrait,
La mère affectueuse alors qu'elle voyait
Les peines de son Fils illustre.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Latin to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Guy Laffaille, (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: 2010-02-21
Line count: 60
Word count: 349