Nulla in mundo (Antonio Vivaldi)

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CPDL #15882:  Finale 2007

Editor: Paul R. Marchesano (added 2008-02-01).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 239 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: This is the first movement aria from the motet arranged for organ accompaniment from the full score for strings with basso continuo. Transposed down 1/2 step.

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Title: Nulla in mundo
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Soprano solo
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: Organ
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Original text and translations

Latin text Aria. Nulla in mundo pax sincera sine felle; pura et vera, dulcis Jesu, est in te. Inter poenas et tormenta vivit anima contenta casti amoris sola spe. Recitative. Blando colore oculos mundus decepit at occulto vulnere corda conficit; fugiamus ridentem, vitemus sequentem, nam delicias ostentado arte secura vellet ludendo superare. Aria. Spirit anguis inter flores et colores explicando tegit fel. Sed occulto tactus ore homo demens in amore saepe lambit quasi mel. Alleluia.

English translation Aria. In this world there is no honest peace free from bitterness; true and pure peace, sweet Jesus. lies in Thee. Amidst punishment and torment lives the contented soul, chaste love its only hope. Recitative. This world deceives the eye by surface charms, but is corroded within by hidden wounds. Let us flee him who smiles, shun him who follows us, for by skilfully displaying its pleasures, this world overwhelms us by deceit. Aria. The serpent’s hiss conceals its venom, as it uncoils itself among blossoms and beauty. But with a furtive touch of the lips, a man maddened by love will often kiss as if licking honey. Alleluia.