The Tiburtine Oracle (of Tivoli) | The truthful God himself gave me this task of speaking

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Sibylla Tiburtina

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG FIN FRE

Verax ipse Deus dedit haec mihi munia fandi
Carmine, quod sanctam potui monstrare puellam.
Concipiet, quae Nazareis in finibus illum,
Quem sub carne Deum Bethlemitica rura videbunt.
O nimium felix coelo dignissima mater,
Quae tantam sacro lactabit ab ubere prolem.

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 Tiburtina", published 1578, from Prophetiae Sibyllarum, no. 11. [
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 Tibur", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "The Tiburtine Oracle (of Tivoli)", 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: 40

The Tiburtine Oracle (of Tivoli)

Language: English after the Latin

The truthful God himself gave me this task of speaking
In song, because I was able to reveal the holy maid.
She will conceive in Nazarene lands him
Whom the country of Bethlehem will see as God in the flesh.
O too too happy, mother most worthy of heaven,
Who will nurse so great a child at her holy breast.

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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: 60