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
Nati pœnas incliti.
 
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.
 
9. Eia Mater, fons amoris,
me sentire vim doloris
fac, ut tecum lugeam.
 
10. Fac ut ardeat cor meum
in amando Christum Deum,
ut sibi complaceam.
 
11. Sancta Mater, istud agas,
Crucifixi fige plagas
cordi meo valide.
 
12. Tui nati vulnerati,
tam dignati pro me pati,
pœnas mecum divide.
 
13. Fac me vere tecum flere,
Crucifixo condolere,
donec ego vixero.
 
14. Iuxta crucem tecum stare,
et me tibi sociare
in planctu desidero.
 
15. Virgo virginum præclara,
mihi iam non sis amara:
fac me tecum plangere.
 
16. Fac ut portem Christi mortem,
passionis fac consortem,
et plagas recolere.
 
17. Fac me plagis vulnerari,
fac me cruce inebriari,
et cruore Filii.
 
18. Flammis ne urar succensus
per te Virgo, sim defensus
in die judicii.
 
19. Christe, cum sit hinc exire,
da per Matrem me venire
ad palmam victoriae.
 
20. Quando corpus morietur,
fac ut animæ donetur
Paradisi gloria. Amen

C. Loewe sets stanzas 15-16
J. Novák sets stanzas 1-6, 9-10
B. Wegener-Koopman sets stanzas 1-2
A. Vivaldi sets stanzas 1-10
F. Schubert sets stanzas 1-4
L. Boccherini sets stanzas 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 20 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
L. Boccherini sets stanzas 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 20 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
L. Netzel sets stanzas 11-12
G. Pergolesi sets stanzas 1-5, 8-11, 16 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
G. Pergolesi sets stanza 20 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information

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Text Authorship:

• possibly by Jacopone da Todi (1230 - 1306) [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 Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805), "Stabat Mater", op. 61, G. 532a, published 1781, stanzas 1,2,4,5,7,9,12,15,16,17,20 [ soprano, string quintet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Luigi Boccherini (1743 - 1805), "Stabat Mater", G. 532b, published 1800, stanzas 1,2,4,5,7,9,12,15,16,17,20 [ soprano, alto, tenor, string quintet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Viktor Kioulaphides (b. 1961), "Stabat mater" [ soprano, alto, instrumental ensemble ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Stabat mater dolorosa", S. 3 no. 12 (1866), from oratorio Christus, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Virgo", 1843, stanzas 15-16 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Laura Constance Netzel (1839 - 1927), "Kyrko-aria", subtitle: "Sancta mater istud agas", published 1884, stanzas 11-12 [ voice and organ ], Lundqvist, Stockholm [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jan Novák (1921 - 1984), "Stabat Mater", stanzas 1-6,9-10, from Cantica latina, no. 24 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Stabat mater", D 175, published 1888, stanzas 1-4 [ SATB chorus, organ, and orchestra ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "Stabat mater dolorosa", RV. 621, stanzas 1-10 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Bertha Frensel Wegener-Koopman (1874 - 1953), "Stabat Mater", published 1909, stanzas 1-2, from Vier Lieder, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 - 1736), "Stabat mater"
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Set in a modified version by Marc-Antoine Charpentier.

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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899) , "Onder 't kruis met mededogen" ; composed by Raf Belmans.
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• Also set in Latin, adapted by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] ; composed by Franz Liszt.
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• Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Czesław Jankowski (1857 - 1929) , "Stała Matka bolejąca" ; composed by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.
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Other 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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