Süßer Nagel | Truly he himself bore our griefs

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Vere languores

Language: Latin

Our translations: FIN

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Vere languores nostros ipse tulit,
et dolores nostros ipse portavit.
Cuijus livore sanati sumus.
Dulce lignum, dulces clavos,
dulcia ferens pondera,
quae sola fuisti digna
sustinere regem coelorum et Dominum.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611), "Vere languores", 1572 [ chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Melchior Vulpius (c1570 - 1615), "Vere languores", 1572 [ chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Anian Wiedner.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Bible or other Sacred Texts)
ENG English (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-01-28
Line count: 7
Word count: 30

Süßer Nagel

Language: English after the Latin

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Truly he himself bore our griefs,
and he himself carried our sorrows;
by his wounds we are healed.
Sweet cross, sweet nails,
sweetly bearing the weight,
you alone were worthy
to bear the King of heaven and the Lord.

after Isaiah 53:4-5

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

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

by Anian Wiedner (b. 2001), "Süßer Nagel", 2025, first performed 2025 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-08-12
Line count: 7
Word count: 39