Caput eius (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)

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• CPDL #17246:  Finale 2006

Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2008-06-19).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 66 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: File Sizes: PDF: 66 KB, MIDI: 7 KB, Finale 2006: 28 KB.

• CPDL #02679:    Finale 2000 

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2001-05-11).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 74 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Original key (chiavi naturali), note-values halved.

General Information

Title: Caput eius
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

Published: Palestrina Werke, vol. 4

Description: Number 20 of 'Canticum Canticorum / Song of Songs / Songs of Solomon' - Chapter 5 - Verse 11 through 12.

External websites:

• Texts of all the "Songs of Solomon" in English.
• Wikipedia's article on the "Songs of Solomon".

Original text and translations

Song of Solomon 5:11–12

Latin text

Caput eius aurum optimum,

comae eius sicut elatae palmarum,

nigrae quasi corvus.

Oculi eius sicut columbae super rivulos aquarum

quae lacte sunt lotae

et resident iuxta fluenta plenissima.

English translation

His head is as the finest gold:

his locks as branches of palm trees,

black as a raven.

His eyes as doves upon brooks of waters,

which are washed with milk,

and sit beside the plentiful streams.

Hungarian translation

Feje színarany,
haja, mint a pálmafa lombjai,
fekete, mint a holló.
Szemei, mint a patakok melletti galambokéi,
melyek tejben fürdettek,
és a bőséges folyam mellett ülnek.