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In lectulo meo, [per]1 noctes, quæsivi quem diligit anima mea; quæsivi illum, et non inveni. Adjuro vos, filiae Jerusalem, si inveneritis dilectum meum, ut nuntietis ei quia amore langueo.
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- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, from Canticum Canticorum Salomonis 3:1 and 5:8 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880 - 1968), "Adjuro vos, filiae Jerusalem" [voice and piano], from Due canti d'amore, no. 1. [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , title unknown, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title unknown, copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2010-06-06
Line count: 6
Word count: 29
On my bed, all through the night, I have been seeking him whom my soul loves; I have been seeking the one, and I have not found him. I beseech you, daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am sick with love.
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- Translation from Latin to English copyright © 2010 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, from Canticum Canticorum Salomonis 3:1 and 5:8
This text was added to the website: 2010-06-10
Line count: 6
Word count: 49