Bernardo Daddi, Crucifixion, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, c. 1325-30Giovanni Maria Nanino, Stabat Mater dolorosa
Performance by Altöttinger Kapellsingknaben. [listen]
Stabat Mater dolorosa
Iuxta crucem lacrimosa
Dum pendebat Filius.
The grieving Mother stood
beside the cross weeping
where her Son was hanging.
Cuius animam gementem
Contristatam et dolentem
Pertransivit gladius.
Through her weeping soul,
compassionate and grieving,
a sword passed.
Quis est homo qui non fleret,
Matrem Christi si videret
In tanto supplicio?
Who is the man who would not weep
if seeing the Mother of Christ
in such agony.
Quis non posset contristari,
Piam Matrem contemplari
Dolentem cum Filio?
Who would not be have compassion
on beholding the devout mother
suffering with her Son?
Eia Mater, fons amoris
Me sentire vim doloris
Fac, ut tecum lugeam.
O Mother, fountain of love,
make me feel the power of sorrow,
that I may grieve with you.
Fac, ut ardeat cor meum
In amando Christum Deum
Ut sibi complaceam.
Grant that my heart may burn
in the love of the Lord Christ
that I may greatly please Him.
Iuxta crucem lacrimosa
Dum pendebat Filius.
The grieving Mother stood
beside the cross weeping
where her Son was hanging.
Cuius animam gementem
Contristatam et dolentem
Pertransivit gladius.
Through her weeping soul,
compassionate and grieving,
a sword passed.
Quis est homo qui non fleret,
Matrem Christi si videret
In tanto supplicio?
Who is the man who would not weep
if seeing the Mother of Christ
in such agony.
Quis non posset contristari,
Piam Matrem contemplari
Dolentem cum Filio?
Who would not be have compassion
on beholding the devout mother
suffering with her Son?
Eia Mater, fons amoris
Me sentire vim doloris
Fac, ut tecum lugeam.
O Mother, fountain of love,
make me feel the power of sorrow,
that I may grieve with you.
Fac, ut ardeat cor meum
In amando Christum Deum
Ut sibi complaceam.
Grant that my heart may burn
in the love of the Lord Christ
that I may greatly please Him.
