Ego dormio, et cor meum vigilat, SWV 63 (Heinrich Schütz)
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CPDL #17402: Finale 2006
- Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2008-06-30). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 176 kbytes Copyright: Personal
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- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2002-07-04). Score information: A4, 10 pages, 176 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
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General Information
Title: Ego Dormio, et cor meum vigilat
Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Description: This is Part 1 of 2 parts: 2nd part is Vulnerasti cor meum
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Prima Pars
Ego dormio et cor meum vigilat.
Aperi mihi, soror mea, columba mea,
immaculata mea,
quia caput meum plenum est
rore et cincinni mei guttis noctium.
Secunda Pars
Vulnerasti cor meum,
filia carissima,
in uno oculorum tuorum,
in uno crine colli tui.
English translation Translation supplied by Paul Pascal, Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Washington
First Part
I sleep, and my heart is awake.
Open to me, my sister, my dove,
my immaculate one,
for my head is filled with dew,
and my hair with the drippings of the night.
Second Part
You have ravished my heart,
dearest daughter,
with one of your eyes,
with one curl on your neck.