Veni, dilecte mi, in hortum meum, SWV 274 (Heinrich Schütz)

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• (Posted 2015-08-16)  CPDL #36482:         

Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2015-08-16).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 129 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Clefs modernised. Time signature changed to 2/2. Source may be found at IMSLP.

General Information

Title: Veni, dilecte mi, in hortum meum, SWV 274
Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Source of text: Song of Songs 5:1b (altered)

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SST
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: 3 trombones and continuo

First published: 1629 in Symphoniae sacrae I, Op. 6, no. 18
    2nd published: 1887 in Heinrich Schütz: Sämtliche Werke, Volume 5, no. 18
    3rd published: 1965 in Neue Schütz-Ausgabe, Volume 14, no. 8
Description: The second trombone part is marked alternatively for voice (Tenor).

Original text and translations

Latin text Veni, dilecte mi, in hortum meum, ut comedas pretiosum fructum tuum. Venio, soror mea sponsa, in hortum meum et messui myrrham meam cum aromatibus meis. Veni, dilecte mi, in hortum meum, ut comedas pretiosum fructum tuum. Venio, soror mea sponsa, in hortum meum comedi favum meum cum melle meo, cum lacte meo vinum meum bibi. Comedite, dilecti, et bibite, amici, et inebriamini, carissimi.

English translation Come. my beloved, into my garden, so that you may eat your precious fruit. I come, O my sister, my spouse, into my garden and I have gathered my myrrh, with my aromatical spices: Come. my beloved, into my garden, so that you may eat your precious fruit. I come, O my sister, my spouse, into my garden and I have eaten the honeycomb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O beloved, and drink, friends, and be inebriated, my dearly beloved.