Tomas Luis de Victoria - Vidi speciosam sicut columbam

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motet by Victoria

lyrics:
Vidi speciosam,
sicut columbam
ascendentem desuperivos
aqua-rum,
cuius inaestimabilis
odor erat nimis
in vestimentis eius.
Et sicut dies verni
circumdabant eam flores
rosarum et lilia
convallium.
Quae est ista quae
ascendit per desertum,
sicut virgula fumi,
ex aromatibus
myrrhae et thuris?

English:
I saw the fair one rising like a dove above the streams of water:
whose priceless fragrance clung to her garments.
And as on a spring day, she was surrounded by roses and lily-of-the-valley.
Who is this who rises from the desert like a pillar of smoke from incense of myrrh and frankincense?
And as on a spring day, she was surrounded by roses and lily-of-the-valley.