Nigra sum sed formosa (Michael Praetorius)
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Title: Nigra sum sed formosa
Composer: Michael Praetorius
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1607
Description: Musarum Sioniarum N. 15
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Nigra sum, sed formosa, o filiae Hierusalem;
nolite me considerare quod sum sub nigra
quia me coloravit sol: indica mihi, quem diligit anima mea,
ubi pascas ubi cubes in meridie,
ne vagari incipiam post greges sodalium tuorum.
English translation
Dark am I, yet lovely,
Daughters of Jerusalem,
Do not stare at me because I am dark,
for the sun has altered my colour.
Tell me, you whom I love, where you graze your flock
and where you rest at midday,
lest I begin to wander after the flocks of your companions.
