Vigila mortalis (Natale Monferrato)

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  • (Posted 2017-02-13)  CPDL #43111:        (Finale 2012)
Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2017-02-13).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 93 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Vigila mortalis
Composer: Natale Monferrato
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: A
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1666
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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Vigila mortalis, Sathan te tendit laqueos.
Amor mundi esca Demonis, haec mortem confert, haec omnes decipit.

Oh munde fallax, munde mendax, semper felix qui te ridet,
numquam miser qui te odit.

Mundum fuge, Mundum sperne, caeli quere iubila caeli quere iubila,
Illa aeterna haec ut umbra, momenta ne apereunt.

Transit honor spirat voluptas,
pulchritudo perit, occidit vita, transit honor,
spirat voluptas omnia tandem vanitas.