Caput eius (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
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- CPDL #17246:
- 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:
- Original pitch, Letter size: [ ] [ Finale 2002] (Alto parts are in tenor clef)
- Original pitch, A4 size: [ ] [ Finale 2002] (Alto parts are in tenor clef)
- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2001-05-11). Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 117 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Original pitch (chiavi naturali), note-values halved.
General Information
Title: Caput eius
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SAATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1584, Motettorum liber quartus ex Canticis canticorum, 5vv Rome
Description: Number 20 of 'Canticum Canticorum / Song of Songs / Songs of Solomon' - Chapter 5 - Verse 11 through 12.
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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.