Vinea mea electa

General information

3rd of the Responsories for Good Friday

Settings by composers

• Anonymous SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATB
• Ludovico da Viadana SATB

 

Text and translations

Latin text Vinea mea electa, ego te plantavi: quomodo conversa es in amaritudinem, ut me crucifigures et Barrabbam dimitteres. Sepivi te, et lapides elegi ex te, et ædificavi turrim.

English translation O vineyard, my chosen one. I planted thee. How is thy sweetness turned into bitterness, to crucify me and take Barabbas in my place? I protected thee; I took the hard stones away from thy path, and built a tower in thy defence.