Veniat amica mea (Orazio Tarditi)

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Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2009-08-23).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 124 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Veniat amica mea
Composer: Orazio Tarditi

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SSB

Genre: SacredAntiphon

Language: Latin
Instruments: Basso continuo

Published: 1643

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Veniat amica mea, dilecta mea,
veniat columba mea, immaculata mea.
Veni de Libano, dilecta sponsa,
et coronaberis pulcherrima mulierum.
Electa mea, sponsa mea, speciosa mea,
veniat immaculata mea.
Veniat in foraminibus petrae,
in caverna maceriae.
Ostende mihi faciem tuam,
sonet vox tua in auribus meis.
Vox enim tua dulcis,
et facies tua decora.

English.png English translation by Mick Swithinbank

May my love come, my fair one,
may my dove come, my immaculate one.
Come from Lebanon, beloved bride,
and you shall be crowned, most beautiful among women.
My chosen one, my bride, my fair one,
may my immaculate one come.
May she come in the clefts of the rock,
into the hollow of the cliff.
Turn your face towards me,
let your voice sound in my ears.
For your voice is sweet
and your face is comely.
(Latin text freely adapted from the Song of Songs)