Quae est ista quae progreditur (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
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- CPDL #2682: Finale-2000.
- Editor: Pothárn Imre (added 2001-05-11). Score information: 84 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: #23 of 'Canticum Canticorum'
General Information
Title: Quae est ista
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
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 6:10
Latin text
- Quae est ista quae progreditur quasi aurora consurgens,
- pulchra ut luna, electa ut sol, terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinata?
English translation
- Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising,
- fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army set in array?
English translation
- Who is she that cometh like the dawn,
- fair as the moon, bright as the sun,
- terrible as an army prepared for battle?
Translation supplied by Mick Swithinbank.
French translation
- Qui est celle-ci qui s'avance comme l'aube naissante,
- Belle comme la Lune, Resplendissante comme le Soleil,
- Terrible comme un armée rangée en ordre de bataille.
Translation supplied by Gabriel Thoorens.