1  Ego flos campi, 
   et lilium convallium.
2  Sicut lilium inter spinas,
   sic amica mea inter filias.
3  Sicut malus inter ligna silvarum,
   sic dilectus meus inter filios.
   Sub umbra illius quem desideraveram sedi,
   et fructus ejus dulcis gutturi meo.
4  Introduxit me in cellam vinariam;
   ordinavit in me caritatem.
5  Fulcite me floribus, 
   stipate me malis,
   quia amore langueo.
6  Læva ejus sub capite meo,
   et dextera illius amplexabitur me.
7  Adjuro vos, filiæ Jerusalem, per capreas 
   cervosque camporum, ne suscitetis, neque evigilare 
   faciatis dilectam,  
   quoadusque ipsa velit.
8  Vox dilecti mei; 
   ecce iste venit,
   saliens in montibus, 
   transiliens colles.
9  Similis est dilectus meus capreæ, hinnuloque cervorum.
   En ipse stat post parietem nostrum,
   respiciens per fenestras, 
   prospiciens per cancellos.
10 En dilectus meus loquitur mihi.
   [Surge, propera, amica mea, 
   columba mea, formosa mea, et veni:]1
11 jam enim hiems transiit; imber abiit, et recessit.
12 Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra;
   tempus putationis advenit:
   vox turturis audita est in terra nostra;
13 ficus protulit grossos suos;
   vineæ florentes dederunt odorem suum.
   Surge, amica mea, speciosa mea, et veni:
14 columba mea, in foraminibus petræ, 
   in caverna maceriæ,
   ostende mihi faciem tuam,
   sonet vox tua in auribus meis:
   vox enim tua dulcis, 
   et facies tua decora.
15 Capite nobis vulpes parvulas quæ demoliuntur vineas:
   nam vinea nostra floruit.
16 Dilectus meus mihi, et ego illi,
   qui pascitur inter lilia,
17 donec aspiret dies, et inclinentur umbræ.
   Revertere; 
   similis esto, dilecte mi, capreæ,
   hinnuloque cervorum super montes Bether.

G. Ghedini sets lines 8-10
G. Palestrina sets lines 8-10 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
I. Pizzetti sets line 5 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
I. Pizzetti sets lines 10-13 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
G. Palestrina sets lines 16-17 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information

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See also G. Jackson's I am the rose of Sharon.

See also Daniel-Lesur's Dialogue.

¹ omitted by Ghedini and Palestrina.

Text Authorship:

• by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Canticum Canticorum Salomonis (Song of Songs of Solomon), no. 2 [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 Giorgio Federico Ghedini (1892 - 1965), "Vox dilecti mei", 1930, lines 8-10 [ duet ], from Quattro Duetti su testi sacri, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525?6 - 1594), "Vox dilecti mei", lines 8-10 [ chorus ], motet [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880 - 1968), as Ildebrando da Parma, "Antifona amatoria di Basiliola", line 5 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880 - 1968), "Surge, propera, amica mea", 1959, published 1960, lines 10-13 [ tenor and piano ], from Tre canti d’amore, no. 3, Forlivesi [sung text not yet checked]

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• by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525?6 - 1594), "Dilectus meus " [ chorus ], motet
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• Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , from The Song of Songs: 2:10-13 [an adaptation] ; composed by Matthew King.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , no title, appears in Song of Songs of Solomon / Canticle of Canticles (KJV), no. 2 ; composed by John La Montaine, Henry Purcell, David Sisco, Howard Skempton.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Elaine Fine.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Elaine Fine.
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• Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Vivian Fine.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Song of Songs 2:3 ; composed by Marguerite Roesgen-Champion.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Song of Songs 2:8 ; composed by Marguerite Roesgen-Champion.
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation] ; composed by Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur.
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• Also set in Latin, [adaptation] ; composed by Guillaume Bouzignac.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), adapted by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862) , no title, appears in Еврейские песни (Jevrejskije pesni) = Jewish songs, no. 2 [an adaptation] ; composed by Vojtěch Hlaváč, as Войтех Иванович Главач, Modest Petrovich Musorgsky, Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Louis Segond) , Cantique des cantiques 2

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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-22
Line count: 51
Word count: 248