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
Original Text
Latin text
Quae est ista quae progreditur quasi aurora consurgens,
pulchra ut luna, electa ut sol, terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinata?
Translations
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.