by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
De Tenebroso Lacu
Language: Latin
De tenebroso lacu de carcere profundo ad nos suspirant animae purgantes. Levate ergo fideles, levate ergo tam luctuosum fletum, levate ergo tam rigidum tormentum. Derelecti nos exorant cari amici, mei parentes, iam languentes confortate et auxilium implorant, semper fervide dicentes divas flammas mitigate. Elemosinas date ac operibus sanctis placate Dei furorem et aquis lacrimarum extinguite voragines flammarum. Si Fenices sunt ardentes sic a sorde mundate erunt gemine lucentes coram Christi maiestate. Ergo in tam gravi supplicio nullum erit, nulla pietas! Adsint chari fideles utque mitigentur pugnae atroces Purgatoris renoventur voces. De profundis nos clamamus, maestas voces renovamus suspirantes et plangentes, nunc suffragia benigne imploramus ah hoc igne ehu miserae dolentes.
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 Alessandro Scarlatti (1659 - 1725), "De Tenebroso Lacu" [chorus], motet [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 110