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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.

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 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.
Line count: 28
Word count: 110

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