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In lectulo meo, per noctes
Language: Latin 
Our translations:  ENG GER
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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•   I. Pizzetti 

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This text was added to the website: 2010-06-06
Line count: 6
Word count: 30

On my bed, all through the night
Language: English  after the Latin 
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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This text was added to the website: 2010-06-10
Line count: 6
Word count: 49