My beloved spake

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).

Notes on selected settings

• Henry Purcell ATTB or SATB (adds variant 1)
• Maggie Furtak SATB

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Henry Purcell — My beloved spake, Z 28  English ATBB
• Thomas Tomkins — My beloved spake  English SATB
• Charles West — My beloved spake  English SAATB

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: