Dilectus meus descendit (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
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- CPDL #2680: Finale-2000.
- Editor: Pothárn Imre (added 2001-05-11). Score information: 80 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: #21 of 'Canticum Canticorum'
General Information
Title: Dilectus meus descendit
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SAATB
Genre: Sacred, Motets
Language: Latin
Instruments: none, a cappella
Published: Palestrina Werke, vol. 4
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Original text and translations
Song of Solomon 6:2–3
Latin text
Dilectus meus descendit in hortum suum ad areolam aromatum ut ibi pascatur in hortis et lilia colligat.
Ego dilecto meo et dilectus meus mihi, qui pascitur inter lilia.
English translation
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the bed of aromatical spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
I to my beloved, and my beloved to me, who feedeth among the lilies.