Veni in hortum meum

General information

Source of text is Song of Songs 5:1.

Settings by composers

• Giovanni Croce SATB.SATB and AATTTTBB
• Jean de Castro SST
• Jean de Castro SATTB
• Giuseppe Gallo SATB.SATB
• Orlando di Lasso SATTB
• Caspar Vincent SSATTB and AATBBB
• Johannes Wanning SSAATB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Adriano Banchieri — Veni in hortum
• Jean de Castro — Veni in hortum meum a 3
• Nicolle des Celliers de Hesdin — Veni in hortum meum
• Jacobus Clemens non Papa — Veni in hortum meum

Text and translations

Latin text Veni in hortum meum soror mea sponsa, messui myrram meam cum aromatibus meis; comedi favum meum cum melle meo; bibi vinum meum cum lacte meo; comedite, amici, et bibite, et inebriamini, carissimi.

English translation I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have mixed my myrrh with my spices. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, and drink, and be inebriated, you who are most dear to me.