Trahe me post te (Jacobus de Kerle)

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Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2014-11-19).   Score information: A4, 16 pages, 124 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Trahe me post te
Composer: Jacobus de Kerle
Lyricist: Song of Solomon ch.1, v.2,3^{create page}

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1571

Description: A motet from Selectae quaedam cantiones sacrae, Nuremberg, 1571. The pendant second part of this motet, "Introduxit me rex", is appended.

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Original text and translations

Latin text Trahe me post te: curremus in odorem unguentorum tuorum: nam oleum effusum nomen tuum. Alleluia. Introduxit me rex in cellaria sua: exultabimus et laetabimur in te: nam oleum effusum nomen tuum. Alleluia.

English translation Draw me, we will run after thee: for thy name is as oil poured out. Alleluia. The king hath brought me into his storerooms: we will be glad and rejoice in thee: for thy name is as oil poured out. Alleluia.