In this world there is no honest peace | In this world there is no honest peace

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Nulla in mundo pax sincera

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG FRE

Aria
 Nulla in mundo pax sincera
 sine felle; pura et vera,
 dulcis Jesu, est in te.

 Inter poenas et tormenta
 vivit anima contenta,
 casti amoris sola spe.

Recitativo
 Blando colore oculos mundus decipit,
 at occulto vulnere corda conficit;
 Fugiamus ridentem,
 vitemus sequentem
 has delicias ostentando arte secura 
 vellet ludendo superare.

Aria
 Spirat anguis inter flores et colores 
 explicando tegit fel.

 Sed occulto factus ore
 homo demens in amore
 saepe lambit quasi mel.

 Alleluia.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "Nulla in mundo pax sincera", RV. 630 [chorus], motet [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "In this world there is no honest peace", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dans le monde il n'y a pas de paix sincère", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Martin Grotenhuis

This text was added to the website: 2007-06-13
Line count: 21
Word count: 73

In this world there is no honest peace

Language: English after the Latin

Aria da capo - Larghetto
 In this world there is no honest peace
 without poison/bitterness; pure and true [peace]
 sweet Jesus, lies in you.

 Amidst punishment and torment
 lives the contented soul
 chaste love its only hope.

Recitativo
 The world deceives our eyes with surface charms/colors
 but is corroded within by hidden wounds.
 Let us flee the one who smiles,
 let us shun the follower,
 for by skillfully displaying its pleasures,  
 this world overwhelms us by deceit.

Aria da capo -- Allegro
 The serpent hisses among blossoms and beauty
 As it uncoils itself, concealing its venom.

 But, touched by furtive lips
 man, madly in love,
 often kisses, as if licking honey.

Alleluia - Allegro

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Based on:

a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2013-04-23
Line count: 21
Word count: 111