In lectulo meo (Pierre Bonhomme)

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• (Posted 2026-01-14)  CPDL #88064:     

Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2026-01-14).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 88 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed down a fourth. Source: MS Capp. Sist. 166.

General Information

Title: In lectulo meo
Composer: Pierre Bonhomme
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: SATB.SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1603 in Melodiae Sacrae, no. 17
    Manuscript 1647 in Cappella Sistina MS 166, no. 2
Description: Song of Songs Motet for two choirs.

Original text and translations

Latin text

In lectulo meo per noctes
quæsivi quem diligit anima mea
quæsivi illum et non inveni.
Surgam et circuibo civitatem;
per vicos et plateas
quæram ut invenias
quem diligit anima mea;
quæsivi illum et non inveni
vocavi illum et non respondit mihi.
Invenerunt me custodes civitatis
percusserunt me et vulneraverunt me.

Tulerunt palium meum
vigiles et custodes murorum
filiæ Ierusalem
quem diligit anima mea vidisti?
Paululum cum pertransissem eos
inveni quem diligit anima mea.