Veni sponsa Christi (Giovanni Paolo Cima)
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General Information
Title: Veni sponsa Christi
Composer: Giovanni Paolo Cima
Number of voices: 1vv Voicing: A
Genre: Sacred, Motets
Language: Latin
Instruments: basso continuo
Published: Concerti Ecclesiastici (Milan, 1610), #5
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Original text and translations
Latin text
- Veni sponsa Christi accipe coronam quam tibi dominus preparavit in aeternum. Alleluia.
English translation
- Rise up, my love,
- my dove, my fair one, and come away.
- For now the winter is past,
- the rain is over and gone.
- The flowers appear on the earth;
- the time of pruning is at hand.
- The voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land;
- the fig-tree puts forth her green figs;
- the flourishing vineyards have given forth their fragrance.
- Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Cantus firmus: Come, bride of Christ.
Comment: There could hardly be a clearer example of the use of a Song of Songs text to address the Virgin Mary, in view of the cantus firmus, which makes the connection by calling Mary Christ's bride. - Mick Swithinbank
