Bone pastor Guillerme (Machaut, set by G. Machaut) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 Bone pastor Guillerme,
 Pectus quidem inerme
 Non est tibi datum;
 Fauste sed muneva
 Virtutum est caterva
 Fortiter armatum.
 Portas urbis et postes
 Tue munis, ne hostes
 Urbem populentur
 Mundus, demon et caro,
 Morsu quorum amaro
 Plurimi mordentur.
 Mitra que caput cingit
 Bino cornu depingit
 Duo testamenta,
 Que mitrifer habere
 Debet tanquam cincere
 Mentis ornamenta.
 Et quoniam imbutus
 Et totus involutus
 Es imprelibatis,
 Ferre mitram est digna
 Tua cervix, ut signa
 Sint equa signatis.
 Curam gerens populi,
 Vis ut queant singuli
 Vagos proficere
 Prima parte baculi
 Attrahere;
 Per te quidem alia,
 Que est intermedia,
 Morbidos regere;
 Lentos parte tercia
 Sis pungere.
 Oves predicamine
 Et cum conversamine
 Pacis laudabili,
 Demum erogamine
 Sensibili.
 Det post hec exilium
 Huic rex actor omnium,
 Qui parcit humili,
 Stabile dominium
 Pro labili.

 Bone pastor, qui pastores
 Ceteros vincis per mores
 Et per genus
 Et per fructum studiorum
 Tollentem mentes ymorum
 Celo tenus,
 O, Guillerme, te decenter
 Ornatum rex, qui potenter
 Cuncta regit,
 Sue domus ad decorem
 Remensium in pastorem
 Preelegit.
 Elegit te, vas honestum,
 Vas insigne,
 De quo nichil sit egestum
 Nisi digne.
 Dedit te, vas speciale
 Sibi regi;
 Dedit te, vas generale
 Suo gregi.

 Bone pastor.

Authorship

Guillaume de Machaut (c1300-1377)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Guillaume de Machaut (c1300-1377)

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