O vos omnes

General Information

This text (from Lamentations 1:12) exists in a shorter form, as an antiphon, and a longer form, as a responsory (the fifth of the nine responsories for Matins of Holy Saturday).

A responsory is a sung response to a Scripture reading. It has two parts: a respond and a versicle. After the versicle (indicated below by V. and usually sung by a single voice or a smaller group), the second part of the respond (indicated below by a bullet) is repeated.

Settings by composers

Juan Esquivel Barahona - Not yet entered in CPDL Pablo Cassals (not available, under copyright) Giovanni Paolo Cima René Clausen - Not yet entered in CPDL Carlos Correa Giovanni Croce Fabio Fresi Carlo Gesualdo Herman Hollanders - Not yet entered in CPDL

Antonio Lotti - Not yet entered in CPDL Diogo Dias Melgás - Not yet entered in CPDL Hieronymus Praetorius Robert Ramsey - Not yet entered in CPDL Alessandro Stradella - Not yet entered in CPDL Francisco Valls Ralph Vaughan Williams - Not yet entered in CPDL Tomás Luis de Victoria

Original text and translations

Latin:

Antiphon:

O vos omnes qui transitis per viam:

attendite et videte si est dolor sicut dolor meus.

Responsory:

O vos omnes qui transitis per viam:

attendite et videte:

• Si est dolor similis sicut dolor meus.

V. Attendite, universi populi, et videte dolorem meum.

• Si est dolor similis sicut dolor meus.

Translations

File:Flag-eng.png English:

Antiphon:

O all ye that pass by the way,

attend and see if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow.

Responsory:

O all ye that pass by the way,

attend and see:

• If there be any sorrow like to my sorrow.

V. Attend, all ye people, and see my sorrow:

• If there be any sorrow like to my sorrow.

File:Flag-tagalog.png Filipino/Tagalog translation:

O kayong mga nagdaraan, makinig,

at masdan ninyo kung may kapighatiang katulad ng kapighatian ko.

External links

IPASource.com: Link to PDF file with IPA pronunciation and word-by-word translation. Lamentations 1:12 in the Latin Bible.