Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: "Super flumina Babylonis"
Psalm 137:1-2
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Super flumina
Babylonis illic sedimus et flevimus, cum
recordaremur Sion. In salicibus in medio ejus suspendimus organa nostra. |
By the waters
of Babylon, there we sat and wept, when we
remembered Zion. On the willow trees in their midst we hung up our harps. |
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: "Sicut cervus"
Psalm 42:1
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Sicut cervus
desiderat ad fontes aquarum, ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus. |
As a hart longs
for the flowing streams, so longs my soul for thee, O God. |
| Sitivit anima mea ad te
Deum Fontem vivum, Quando veniam et apparebo ante faciem tuam! O fons vitae |
My soul thirsts for You, O
God, Living fountain; When will I come and appear before Your face! O fountain of life, Vein of living waters |
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| Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, | As the deer thirsts and pants for flowing fountains of water, | |
| ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus. | That's how my soul desires, thirsting and panting for you, Father. | |
| Sitivit anima mea ad Deum fontem vivum, | Thus thirsting, yearning is my soul for God the strong and living: | |
| quando veniam et apparebo ante faciem Dei? | When will I arrive to meet him and see the features of my Father? | |
| Fuerunt mihi lacrymae meae panes die ac nocte, | They can't sustain me, tears that I scatter, bread for me day and nighttime, | |
| dum dicitur mihi quotidie: | While every day, laughing, they say to me: | |
| Ubi est Deus tuus? | Where is the God you long for? |