Vere Languores Nostros - Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Sung in Latin - a cappella
The renaissance "motet" denoted a setting for unaccompanied voices of sacred Latin text. All four voice parts - soprano, alto, tenor, bass - sing the same words.

The 1975 Austin Minnesota High School Choir
Director: Richard Larson
Herb Streitz Recording Waseca, MN
Recorded on 33 1/2 rpm vinyl Digitized by site owner using CoolEdit

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Vere Languores Nostros

Vere languores nostros
ipse tulitEt dolores nostros
Ipse portavit ipse portavit
Cujus livore sanati sumus
Dulce lignum
Dulce clavos
Dulcia ferens pondera
Quae sola fuisti digna
Sustinere
Regem coelorum
Et Dominum Et Dominum

Literal translation:

Our failings he has truly taken upon himself
And our sorrows he has borne
By his wounds we have been saved
O sweet wood, O sweet nails that bore this sweet burden
You alone were worthy to support the King of heaven and Lord