The Persian Oracle | Born of a virgin mother, he will sit on a sway-backed ass

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Sibylla Persica

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG FIN FRE

Virgine matre satus pando residebit assello,
Iucundus princeps unus qui ferre salutem
Rite queat lapsis tamen; illis forte diebus
Multi multa ferent immensi fata laboris
Solo sed satis est oracula prodere verbo:
Ille Deus casta nascetur virgine magnus.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources. [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 Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "Sibylla Persica", published 1578, from Prophetiae Sibyllarum, no. 2. [
text verified 1 time
]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , title unknown, copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Sibylle de Perse", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "The Persian Oracle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 38

The Persian Oracle

Language: English after the Latin

Born of a virgin mother, he will sit on a sway-backed ass,
A pleasant prince, the one who can properly bring salvation to sinners;
In those days it will chance that many people pronounce 
many sayings of great weight.
But it is enough to give the oracle in just one word:
He, the great God himself, will be born of a chaste virgin.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Latin to English copyright © 2012 by David Wyatt, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources.
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-18
Line count: 6
Word count: 63