Eram quasi agnus innocens

General information

The Seventh Responsory of the Office of Tenebrae on Maundy Thursday. Taken from Isaiah 53:7-8; Jeremiah 11:19.

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Giovanni Bernardo Colombi — Eram quasi agnus innocens  Latin SATB.SATB
• Johann Michael Haydn — 9 Responsoria in Coena Domini  Latin SATB
• Marco Antonio Ingegneri — Eram quasi agnus  Latin SATB
• Orlando di Lasso — Eram quasi agnus  Latin SATB
• Pomponio Nenna — Eram quasi agnus ínnocens  Latin SATB
• Jeffrey Quick — Eram quasi agnus innocens  Latin SATB
• Ludovico da Viadana — Eram quasi agnus innocens  Latin SAAT
• Tomás Luis de Victoria — Eram quasi agnus  Latin SATB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Eram quasi agnus, ZWV 55:07  Latin SATB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Responsories for Maundy Thursday, ZWV 55:1-9  Latin SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Eram quasi agnus innocens: ductus sum ad immolandum, et nesciebam: consilium fecerunt inimici mei adversum me, dicentes: Venite, mittamus lignum in panem ejus, et eradamus eum de terra viventium. Omnes inimici mei adversum me cogitabant mala mihi: verbum iniquum mandaverunt adversum me, dicentes. Venite... Italian translation Ero come un agnello innocente, condotto al macello, e morivo. Mi parlavano con parole inique, dicendo: Venite, mettiamo del veleno nel suo pane, e strappiamolo dalla terra dei viventi I miei nemici fecero un'assemblea contro di me, mandandomi sciagure. Mi parlavano con parole inique, dicendo: Venite...

English translation I was like an innocent lamb: I was led to be sacrificed, and I knew it not: my enemies have conspired against me, saying: Come, let us put wood into his bread, and root him out of the land of the living. All my enemies have devised evil things against me: they have spoken evil words against me, saying: Come... Spanish translation Era como un cordero inocente, fui conducido al sacrificio y no lo sabía. Mis enemigos se confabularon contra mí, diciendo: Venid, talemos el árbol en su lozanía y borrémoslo de la tierra de los vivos. Todos mis enemigos tramaban mi mal; profirieron contra mí palabras de iniquidad, diciendo: Venid... Translation by Alejandro Borrego Pérez