Vivaldi - Filiae Maestae Jerusalem ~ Latin & English Lyrics ~ RV 638 part II. & III.

Antonio Vivaldi «Filiae maestae Jerusalem» RV 638: II. Sileant Zephyri & III. Sed Tenebris Diffusis This text concerns sad daughters of the Jerusalem after the death of Jesus Christ and the mourning of nature itself. The Miserere itself is presumed lost. RV 638 consists of two recitatives around a single aria. Filiae Maestae Jerusalem is the first of two introduzioni written to come before a setting of the Miserere (the second is RV 641). ___________ No copyright infringement intended. all rights reserved to WMG, PLG UK Classics, and all of their affilitates. ___________ Original Latin text: II. Sileant zephyri, rigeant prata, unda amata, frondes, flores non satientur. Mortuo flumine, proprio lumine luna et sol etiam priventur. III. Sed tenebris diffusis obscuratus est sol, scinditur quoque velum, ipsa saxa franguntur et cor nostrum non frangit vis doloris? At dum satis non possumus dolere tu nostri bone Jesu, miserere.