Anima mea liquefacta est (Heinrich Isaac)

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• CPDL #23728: [ ] [ ]

Editor: Edward Tambling (submitted 2011-06-12).   Score information: A4, 9 pages, 87 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: At original pitch for SATB

CPDL #23750: [ ] 

Editor: Edward Tambling (submitted 2011-06-17).   Score information: A4, 9 pages, 87 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed down a perfect fifth for ATTB

General Information

Title: Anima liquefacta est
Composer: Heinrich Isaac

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
or ATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: British Library Royal 8 G. vii, copied in Belgium between 1513-1525

Description: Setting of a text based on the Song of Songs, 5:6-8.

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Original text and translations

Latin text

Anima mea liquefacta est ut dilectus meus; quaesivi et non inveni illum, vocavi et non respondit mihi.
Invenerunt me custodes civitatis, percusserunt me et vulneraverunt me; tulerunt pallium meum custodes murorum.
Filiae Jerusalem, nuntiate dilecto quia amore langueo.

English translation by Edward Tambling

My soul melted as my loved one [spoke]; I sought him and I did not find him; I called and he did not answer me.
The watchmen of the city found me; they beat me and wounded me. The guardians of the walls took my cloak from me.
Daughters of Jerusalem, tell my beloved that I languish for love.