The Erythraean (Red Sea) Oracle | I see the son of God, who has sent himself down from on high

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Sibylla Erythraea

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG FIN FRE

Cerno Dei natum, qui se dimisit ab alto.
Ultima felices referent cum tempora soles.
Hebraea, quem virgo fere [feret?] de stirpe decora,
In terris multum teneris passurus ab annis.
Magnus erit tamen hic divino carmine vates
Virgine matre satus, prudenti pectore verax.

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 Erythraea", published 1578, from Prophetiae Sibyllarum, no. 12. [
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 d'Érythrée", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "The Erythraean (Red Sea) 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: 42

The Erythraean (Red Sea) Oracle

Language: English after the Latin

I see the son of God, who has sent himself down from on high,
Since the last times will bring happy days.
He, that the demure virgin will bear of the Hebrew line,
He, that will suffer much from his earliest years on the earth,
He will be a great prophet nonetheless in holy songs
Son of a virgin mother, truthful in his wise heart.

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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: 65