Duo ubera tua (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)

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• (Posted 2020-03-09)  CPDL #57441:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2020-03-09).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 86 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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• (Posted 2019-07-20)  CPDL #54841: 

• Original key (high chiavette):        

• Transposed down a tone:      

• Transposed down a fourth:       - Alto in tenor clef

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General Information

Title: Duo ubera tua
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1584 in Canticum Canticorum, no. 26
Description: From 'Song of Songs / Songs of Solomon' - Chapter 7 - Verse 3 through 5.

External websites:

• Texts of all the "Songs of Solomon" in English.
• Wikipedia's article on the "Songs of Solomon".

Original text and translations

Song of Solomon 7:3–5

Latin text Duo ubera tua sicut duo hinnuli, gemelli capreae; collum tuum sicut turris eburnea; oculi tui sicut piscinae in Hesebon quae sunt in porta filiae multitudinis; nasus tuus sicut turris Libani quae respicit contra Damascum; caput tuum ut Carmelus et comae capitis tui sicut purpura regis iuncta canalibus.

English translation Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. Thy neck as a tower of ivory. Thy eyes like the fishpools in Hesebon, which are in the gate of the daughter of the multitude. Thy nose is as the tower of Libanus, that looketh toward Damascus. Thy head is like Carmel: and the hairs of thy head as the purple of the king bound in the channels.

Dutch translation Je beide borsten zijn als twee kalfjes, de tweeling van een ree. Je hals is als de ivoren toren, je ogen zijn als de vijvers van Chesbon bij de poort van Bat-Rabbim. Je neus is als de Libanontoren, die uitziet over Damascus. Je hoofd is als de berg Karmel, en je haarlokken zijn als koningspurper, in strengen samengebonden. Translation by Anton Hendriks, Ben Terstegge & Hanneke Pot