Justorum animae

General information

Offertory for the Feast of All Saints. Source of text is Wisdom 3:1-2a,3b.

Settings by composers

Moritz Brosig SATTBB William Byrd a 5 SSATB Robert Führer SATB & orchestra Orlando di Lasso SSATB

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB Markus Pfandler TTBB Camille Saint-Saëns SATB & organ Charles Villiers Stanford SATB with SSATTBB divisi

Original text and translations

Latin text Justorum animae in manu Dei sunt, et non tanget illos tormentum mortis. Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori, illi autem sunt in pace. German translation Der Gerechten Seelen sind in Gottes Hand, und nicht rührt sie die Qual des Todes. Sie scheinen den Augen der Törichten gestorben, doch sie ruhen in Frieden.

English translation Translation supplied by The St. Ann Choir, directed by William Mahrt The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and the torment of death shall not touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die; but they are in peace.

Hungarian translation

Az igazak lelkei Isten kezében vannak,
s a halál kínja nem éri őket.
Úgy látszott a balgák szemében, hogy meghaltak,
ők azonban békességben vannak.

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