Tota Pulchra es, amica mea

Submitted by Rick.Wheeler on Wed, 2010/08/18 - 3:34pm
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ID: 
1368
Can be Found in
Book: 
Cantus Selecti
Page: 
113
Composition Date: 
4th Cen
Composer: 
Unknown
Arrangers / Editors: 
Unknown
Proper Liturgical Usage: 
Holy Mass
Additional Music at Mass
For the Offertory
For the Communion of the Faithful
General Usage
Proper Liturgical Time: 
Marian Liturgies
Proper Liturgical Day: 
Any
Votive: 
F
Performance Time: 
2 min
Composition Type: 
Hymn
Texture: 
Monophonic
Voices: 
Unison
Language: 
Latin
Difficulty: 
Easy
Musical Style: 
Gregorian
Gregorian Tone: 
4.
Lyrics: 

Tota pulchra es, amica mea, et macula non est in te;
favus distillans labia tua; mel et lac sub lingua tua;
odor unguentorum tuorum super omnia aromata:
jam enim hiems transiit, imber abiit et recessit.
Flores apparuerunt; vineae florentes odorem dederunt,
et vox turturis audita est in terra nostra:
surge, propera, amica mea: veni de Libano, veni, coronaberis.

Translated Lyrics: 

You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.
Your lips distil nectar; honey and milk are under your tongue;
the scent of your perfumes is beyond all spices.
For now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone.
The flowers have appeared; the flowering vines have given forth their fragrance,
and the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land.
Arise, my love, my fair one; come from Lebanon, come, you will be crowned.