My beloved spake
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General information
Source of text: Song of Solomon 2:10-13,16a See Dilectus meus loquitur mihi for settings of the text in Latin (Vulgate).
Settings by composers
- Henry Purcell ATTB or SATB (adds variant 1)
- Charles West SA(A)TB
- Maggie Furtak SATB
Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above
- Thomas Tomkins — My beloved spake
Texts and Translations
English text
10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
- Variant 1
16a My beloved is mine, and I am His: