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by Giacomo Cassetti (1682 - 1757)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Arma, caedes

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

Arma, caedes, 
vindictae, furores,
Angustiae, timores
Precedite nos.

Rotate,
Pugnate
O bellicae sortes,
Mille plagas,
Mille mortes
Adducite vos.

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Text Authorship:

by Giacomo Cassetti (1682 - 1757) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "vindictae, furores", alternate title: "Arma, caedes,", RV 644, from the oratorio Juditha triumphans devicta Holofernis barbarie [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-25
Line count: 10
Word count: 19

Arms, gore

Language: English after the Latin

Arms, gore, 
vengeance, fury,
anguish, dread,
o herald our approach!

O fortunes of war,
strike home and brandish your terror,
and a thousand plagues and deaths
o cause ye to arise.

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Translations of title(s):
"Arma, caedes, vindictae, furores" = "Arms, gore, vengeance, fury"
"vindictae, furores" = "vengeance, fury"
"Arma, caedes," = "Arms, gore"

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a text in Latin by Giacomo Cassetti (1682 - 1757)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-05-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 31