Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris a 7 (Alvise Balbi)
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- Editor: Lewis Jones (submitted 2015-09-29). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 85 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Edited from facsimile of original print. For other particulars please see the edition.
General Information
Title: Saule, saule, quid me persequeris a 7
Composer: Ludovico Balbi
Source of text: Acts 9: 4-5, 26: 14-15.
Number of voices: 7vv Voicing: AATTBarBarB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: Basso continuo
Published: 1613
Description: Motet for the Conversion of Saul.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Saule, Saule, quid me persequeris?
Quid dixit: Quis es Domine?
Et ille: Ego sum Jesus Nazarenus, quem tu persequeris:
durum est tibi contra stimulum calcitrare.
English translation
"Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?"
He said: "Who art thou, Lord?"
The reply came: "I am Jesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest:
hard it is for thee to kick against the pricks*."
- Alternatively, "the goad": a sharp stick used to persuade reluctant cattle.