Vox dilecti mei (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)

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• (Posted 2020-07-03)  CPDL #59497:        (LilyPond)

Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2020-07-03).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 80 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

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• (Posted 2019-11-02)  CPDL #55815: 

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Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2019-11-02).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 115 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from original print (based on 1587 edition), Mensurstrich layout, original key signature and note values, musica ficta clearly marked.

• (Posted 2019-07-05)  CPDL #54688: 

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• (Posted 2008-06-17)  CPDL #17240:        (Finale 2006)

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General Information

Title: Vox dilecti mei
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

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

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1584 in Canticum Canticorum, no. 14
Description: From 'Song of Songs / Songs of Solomon' - Chapter 2 - Verses 8 through 10.

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 2:8–10a

Latin text Vox dilecti mei: ecce iste venit saliens in montibus, transiliens colles. Similis est dilectus meus capreae, hinuloque cervorum. En ipse stat post parietem nostrum respiciens per fenestras, prospiciens per cancellos. En dilectus meus loquitur mihi.

English translation The voice of my beloved! Look, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills. My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice. My beloved speaks to me.

Dutch translation De stem van mijn liefste! Kijk, daar komt hij, springend over de bergen, huppelend over de heuvels. Als een ree is mijn liefste, als een hertenkalf. Zie, daar staat hij achter onze muur, kijkend door de vensters, turend door de spijlen. Zie, mijn liefste zal tot mij zeggen: Translation by Anton Hendriks, Ben Terstegge & Hanneke Pot