Quem quaeris Magdalena

General information

Easter motet.

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Johann Hermann Schein — Quem quaeris Magdalena?  Latin SSAT.ATTB.TBBB
• Orfeo Vecchi — Quem quaeris Magdalena?  Latin SSATTB

Text and translations

Latin text Quem quaeris Magdalena? Quem deflens Maria? Dominum meum quaero hoc positum in sepulchro. Ne lugeas quaeso resipisce rogo Sed una mecum laetitiae candida signa dato. Non enim hic amplius jacet Christi caro, Sed jam gloriosa fulgebit in coelo. Alleluia.

English translation Whom do you seek, O Magdalen? Whom, O weeping Mary? I seek my Lord, who was laid in this tomb. Please do not mourn: for I ask you to repent as one with me, given clear indications of joy. For it is not now enough that Christ's flesh lies here, But that He now shines in glory in heaven. Alleluia.