Tomás Luis de Victoria - Vadam et circuibo

Tomás Luis de Victoria (Ávila, 1548 - Madrid, 1611)

Intérpretes: The Sixteen & Harry Christophers
Imágenes: María Magdalena



Vadam et circuibo civitatem per vicos et plateas.
Quæram quem diligit anima mea:
quæsivi illum, et non inveni.
Adiuro vos, filiæ Hierusalem,
si inveneritis dilectum meum,
ut annuntietis ei, quia amore langueo.
Qualis est dilectus tuus,
quia sic adiurasti nos?
Dilectus meus candidus et rubicundus,
electus ex millibus:
talis est dilectus meus,
et est amicus meus, filiæ Hierusalem.
Quo abiit dilectus tuus,
O pulcherrima mulierum?
Quo declinavit et quæremus eum tecum?
Ascendit in palmam,
et apprehendit fructus eius.







Me levantaré y rodearé la ciudad,
pasaré por calles y plazas,
buscaré al que ama mi alma.
Lo busqué y no lo hallé.
Yo os conjuro, oh doncellas de Jerusalén,
si hallarais a mi amado,
que le hagais saber
que de amor estoy enferma.
¿Qué es tu amado más que otro amado,
que así nos conjuras?
Mi amado es alto y rubio.
Señalado entre diez mil.
Tal es mi amado,
tal es mi amigo.
¡Oh doncellas de Jerusalén!
¿Dónde se ha ido tu amado,
la más hermosa de las mujeres?
Lo buscaremos contigo.
Subiré a la palma,
tomaré sus ramos.







I will arise and go about the city in the streets
and in the broad ways.
I will seek him whom my soul loveth.
I sought him but found him not.
I charge ye, O daughters of Jerusalem,
if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him,
that I am sick of love.
What is thy beloved more than another,
that thou dost so charge us?
My beloved is white
and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem.
Whither is thy beloved gone,
O thou fairest among women?
Whither is thy beloved turned aside,
that we may seek him with thee?
He has gone up into the palm tree
and taken the fruit thereof.