Audi dulcis amica mea (Orlando di Lasso)

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• CPDL #30442: 

Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2013-10-28).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 128 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Audi dulcis amica mea
Composer: Orlando di Lasso

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATT

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1555

Description: The text is conflated from verses from the Song of Songs (1:5, 2:4, 4:7).

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Original text and translations

Latin text

Audi dulcis amica mea
auribus percipe verba oris mei
nigra es sed formosa et macula non est in te
ideo amore tuo langueo
et quia tribulor ad te confugio
exaudi deprecor orationem meum.

English translation

Listen, my dear friend
and let your ears hear the words from my mouth.
You are black but beautiful, and no blemish can be found on you
therefore I crave your love
and flee to you in my discomfort.
I beg of you, listen to my prayer.