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Inter fila cantans orat:<br> | Inter fila cantans orat:<br> | ||
Blande veni somnule! | Blande veni somnule! | ||
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Sleep, sweet babe! my cares beguiling:<br> | |||
Mother sits beside thee smiling;<br> | |||
Sleep, my darling, tenderly!<br> | |||
If thou sleep not, mother mourneth,<br> | |||
Singing as her wheel she turneth:<br> | |||
Come, soft slumber, balmily!<br> | |||
'''translated Edith Rickert, Ancient English Christmas Carols: 1400-1700 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1914), p. 288<br> | |||
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CPDL #15126:
- Editor: Luc Jakobs (added 2007-10-03). Score information: Unknown, pages, kbytes Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Dormi, Jesu
Composer: Luc Jakobs
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Carols
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 2007
Description:
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Dormi, Jesu! Mater ridet,
quae tam dulcem somnum videt,
Dormi, Jesu blandule!
Si non dormis, mater plorat.
Inter fila cantans orat:
Blande veni somnule!
English text
Sleep, sweet babe! my cares beguiling:
Mother sits beside thee smiling;
Sleep, my darling, tenderly!
If thou sleep not, mother mourneth,
Singing as her wheel she turneth:
Come, soft slumber, balmily!
translated Edith Rickert, Ancient English Christmas Carols: 1400-1700 (London: Chatto & Windus, 1914), p. 288