Velum templi
General information
2nd responsory for Good Friday
Settings by composers
- Giovanni Croce SATB
- Mariano Garau SATB
- Marco Antonio Ingegneri SATB
- Antonio Maria Pacchioni SATB
Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above
- Ruggerio Argilliano — Velum templi
- Francisco López Capillas — Velum templi
- Jan Dismas Zelenka — Responsories for Good Friday, ZWV 55:10-18
- Jan Dismas Zelenka — Velum templi scissum est
Text and translations
Latin text
Responsorium:
Velum templi scissum est,
et omnis terra tremuit:
Latro de cruce clamabat, dicens:
Memento mei, Domine, dum veneris in regnum tuum.
Versus:
Petrae scissae sunt, et monumenta aperta sunt,
et multa corpora sanctorum qui dormierant, surrexerunt.
Et omnis terra tremuit:
Latro de cruce clamabat, dicens:
Memento mei, Domine, dum veneris in regnum tuum.
English translation
Responsory:
The veil of the temple was rent
and all the earth trembled.
The robber from the cross cried out, saying:
Remember me, Lord, when thou comest into thy kingdom.
Verse:
The rocks were split, and the graves were opened;
and many bodies of the saints who slept, arose.
and all the earth trembled.
The robber from the cross cried out, saying:
Remember me, Lord, when thou comest into thy kingdom.