Nudus ut intravi (Jacob Meiland)
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- Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2022-01-12). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 123 kB Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Nudus ut intravi
Composer: Jacob Meiland
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Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1590 Cygneae cantiones (Jacob Meiland), no. 17
Description: The subtitle says: Jacob Meiland wrote this for himself, when he lay down severely ill in Celle.
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Original text and translations
A variation on Hiob 1, 21. There exist many similar epigrams, e.g. by Thomas Morus.
Latin text NNudus ut intravi mundum, sic nudus abibo; ut nihil intuleram, sic nihil inde feram. |
German translation Wie ich nackt die Erde betrat, so werde ich sie nackt verlassen; wie ich nichts hineingetragen habe, so werde ich nichts heraustragen.
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English translation As I entered the world naked, so I will leave it naked; as I didn’t bring in anything with me, so I will not take out anything.
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