Pange melos lacrimosum (Anonymous)

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• CPDL #1827: Finale 1998

Editor: Emilio Cano Molina (submitted 2000-12-01).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 35 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Finale file is zipped.

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Title: Pange melos lacrimosum
Composer: Anonymous, 1190 (France)

Number of voices: 2vv  Voicing: TT
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations

Latin text Pange melos lacrimosum, Lacrimans elegia: Tempus venit planctuosum, Tempus fraudans gaudia. Ad eclipsim nox meroris Obliquat spectacula: Regnet dolor, nam doloris Causa stat in specula. Rheni sidus in occasus Latium precipitat; Stella cadit, stelle casus Terras umbra limitat. Latet vere Latialis Plaga, timens oculum, Nox est culpe socialis, Crimen querit angulum. O quam probans argumentum Que sit mundi falsitas! Quid sit mundus, per eventum Syllogizat veritas: Ioculatur in iacturis, Constans inconstantia: Mors, tremendi princeps iuris, Regnat sine gratia.

English translation Compose a tearful melody, weeping in elegy; a time for lamentation has come, a time that steals joys. At this eclipse sorrow’s night distorts what we see; Let sadness rule, for the cause of sorrow stands in the watchtower. The star of the Rhine casts Latium into ruins; the star tumbles, and the star’s fall holds the lands in darkness. The truly Italian region lies concealed, afraid to be seen, For darkness is the friend of sin and crime seeks his old haunt. O what a definitive demonstration of the falsity of the world! Through experience Truth proves what the world is; it delights in disasters and is constant in its inconstancy; Death, the prince of this terrible law, rules without pity.