Veni, veni dilecte mi (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)

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• CPDL #17257:  Finale 2006

Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2008-06-22).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 70 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: File Sizes: PDF: 70 KB, MIDI: 8 KB, Finale 2006: 29 KB.

• CPDL #01982: 

Original pitch, Letter size: [ ] [ Finale 2002]

Original pitch, A4 size: [ ] [ ] [ Finale 2002]

Tranposed down a fourth, Letter size: [ ] [ Finale 2002] (Alto part is in tenor clef)

Tranposed down a fourth, A4 size: [ ] [ Finale 2002] (Alto part is in tenor clef)

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2001-01-17).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 122 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Original pitch (high chiavette), note-values halved. XML file is zipped into MXL one.

General Information

Title: Veni, veni, dilecte mi
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1584, Motettorum liber quartus ex Canticis canticorum, 5vv Rome

Description: Number 29 of 'Canticum Canticorum / Song of Songs / Songs of Solomon' - Chapter 7 - Verses 11 through 12.

External websites:

• Texts of all the "Songs of Solomon" in English.
• Wikipedia's article on the "Songs of Solomon".

Original text and translations

Song of Solomon 7:11–12

Latin text

Veni, dilecte mi, egrediamur in agrum, commoremur in villis,
mane surgamus ad vineas, videamus si floruit vinea,
si flores fructus parturiunt, si floruerunt mala punica:
ibi dabo tibi ubera mea.
 

English translation

Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the fields, and lodge in the vilages;
let us go out early to the vineyards, and see whether the vines have budded,
whether the grape blossoms have opened and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my breasts.

Dutch translation

[Hij:]
Kom, mijn liefste,
laten we het veld in gaan,
laten we overnachten in de dorpen.
Dan trekken we ’s ochtends vroeg de wijngaarden in 
om te zien of de wijnstok al bloeit,
of er al knoppen aan de vruchtbomen komen
en of de granaatappelbomen al in bloei staan.

Dan zal ik je mijn liefde geven!

Translation by Anton Hendriks, Ben Terstegge & Hanneke Pot