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Tomás Luis da Victoria (1540-1608)
Tenebrae factae sunt
dum crucifixissent Jesum Judaei;
et circa horam nonam
exclamavit Jesus voce magna:
Deus meus, Deus meus,
ut quid me dereliquisti?
Et inclinato capite,
emisit spiritum.
Exclamans Jesus voce magna, ait:
Pater in manus tuas
commendo spiritum meum.
Darkness occurred
when the people crucified Jesus;
and about the ninth hour
Jesus cried out with a loud voice:
My God, my God,
why have you foresaken me?
And bowed his head,
sending forth his spirit.
Jesus cried out with a loud voice, and said:
Father, into your hands
I commend my spirit.
Mt. 27:45-46; Gv. 19:30; Lk. 23:46
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