Surge, propera amica mea

Settings by composers

• Giovanni Paolo Cima
• Francisco Guerrero
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina:
  • a 4
  • a 5
• Jacob Praetorius II (1586-1651)
  • Surge propera (1607)
  • Surge propera (1611)

Original text and translations

Latin text Surge, propera amica mea,
columba mea, formosa mea, et veni.
Jam enim hyems transiit,
imber abiit et recessit.
Flores apparuerunt in terra,
tempus putationis advenit.
Vox turturis audita est in terra nostra;
ficus protulit grossos suos;
vineae florentes dederunt odorem suum.
Surge, amica mea, speciosa mea, et veni.

English translation Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my beautiful one, and come.
For winter is now past, the rain is over and gone.
The flowers have appeared in our land, the time of pruning is come:
the voice of the turtle is heard in our land:
The fig tree hath put forth her green figs: the vines in flower yield their sweet smell.