Surgam et circuibo civitatem (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)

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General Information

Title: Surgam et circuibo civitatem
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

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

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Palestrina Werke, vol. 4

Description: Number 18 of '"Canticum Canticorum" / Song of Songs / Songs of Solomon' - Chapter 3 - Verse 2.

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Original text and translations

Song of Solomon 3:2

Image:Latin.png Latin text

Surgam et circuibo civitatem
per vicos et plateas,
quaeram quem diligit anima mea,
quaesivi illum et non inveni.


Image:English.png English translation

I will rise and go about the city,
in the streets and in the squares;
I will seek him whom my soul loves.
I sought him, but found him not.
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