possibly by Jacopone da Todi (1230 - 1306)
Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

Quartetto
 (Sung text for setting by A. Dvořák)
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Language: Latin 
Our translations:  DUT ENG FRE
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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?

7. Pro peccatis suæ gentis
vidit Iesum in tormentis
et flagellis subditum.

8. Vidit suum dulcem natum
moriendo desolatum,
dum emisit spiritum.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 5-8 of the original text.

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Composition:

    Set to music by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Quartetto", op. 58 no. 2 (1876-1877), first performed 1880, stanzas 5-8, from oratorio Stabat Mater, no. 2

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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

Language: English  after the Latin 
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    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?

    7. For the sins of his people
She saw Jesus being tormented
And subjected to flogging.

    8. She witnessed her sweet child
Dying in desolation
As His spirit left Him.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 5-8 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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This text was added to the website: 2022-08-05
Line count: 60
Word count: 353