by Petronius (Titus Petronius Niger) (20? - 66)
Te vigilans oculis
Language: Latin
Te vigilans oculis, animo te nocte requiro, victa iacent solo cum mea membra toro. vidi ego me tecum falsa sub imagine somni: somnia tu vinces, si mihi vera venis.
Text Authorship:
- by Petronius (Titus Petronius Niger) (20? - 66) [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 Eugene Hartzell (1932 - 2000), "Te vigilans oculis", 1981, first performed 1982 [ tenor and orchestra ], from Four Latin Lyrics for Tenor and Orchestra, no. 2, Doblinger Leihmaterial [sung text not yet checked]
- by William Hawley (b. 1950), "Te vigilans oculis", first performed 1983 [ double SATB chorus a cappella ], from Two Motets for Double Chorus, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Helen Jane Waddell (1889 - 1965) , "MS. of Beauvais", appears in Medieval Latin Lyrics, first published 1929 ; composed by Jean Coulthard.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-27
Line count: 4
Word count: 29