Plange quasi virgo

General Information

The Third Responsory of the Office of Tenebrae on Holy Saturday. Taken from Joel 1:8, 1:13, 2:11.

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Anonymous — Accingite vos  Latin SATB
• Giovanni Croce — Plange quasi virgo  Latin SATB.SATB
• Mariano Garau — Plange quasi virgo  Latin SAB
• Carlo Gesualdo — Plange quasi virgo  Latin SSATTB
• Johann Michael Haydn — Plange quasi virgo  Latin SATB
• Marco Antonio Ingegneri — Plange quasi virgo  Latin SATB
• Pomponio Nenna — Plange quasi virgo  Latin SATB
• Oreste Ravanello — Plange quasi virgo  Latin TTB
• Cipriano de Rore — Plange quasi virgo  Latin TTBBB
• Ludovico da Viadana — Plange quasi virgo  Latin SATB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Plange quasi virgo, ZWV 55:21  Latin SATB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Responsories for Holy Saturday, ZWV 55:19-27  Latin SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Plange quasi virgo, plebs mea: ululate, pastores, in cinere et cilicio: Quia venit dies Domini magna, et amara valde. Accingite vos, sacerdotes, et plangite, ministri altaris, aspergite vos cinere. Quia venit dies Domini magna, et amara valde. Plange quasi virgo... Portuguese translation Chorai como uma virgem, povo meu: clamem, pastores, em cinzas e cilício: Porque o dia do Senhor virá, magnífico e amargo. Cingi-vos, sacerdotes, e chorai, ministros do altar, polvilhe-se com cinzas. Porque o dia do Senhor virá, magnífico e amargo. Chorai como uma virgem...

English translation Mourn like a virgin, O my people: howl, ye shepherds, in ashes and sackcloth: For the great and very bitter day of the Lord is coming. Gird yourselves, ye priests, and mourn, ye ministers of the altar, sprinkle yourselves with ashes. For the great and very bitter day of the Lord is coming. Mourn like a virgin... German translation Klage wie eine Jungfrau, mein Volk: heult, ihr Hirten, in Asche und im härenen Gewand: Denn es wird kommen der Tag des Herrn, der große und sehr bittere Tag. Gürtet euch, ihr Priester, und klagt, ihr Diener des Altars, bestreut euch mit Asche. Denn es wird kommen der Tag des Herrn, der große und sehr bittere Tag. Klage wie eine Jungfrau... Translation by Kurt Pages