O vos omnes is a responsory, originally sung as part of Roman Catholic liturgies for Holy Week, and now often sung as a motet. The text is adapted from the Latin Vulgate translation of Lamentations 1:12. It was often set, especially in the sixteenth century, as part of the Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday. Some of the most famous settings of the text are by: Tomás Luis de Victoria (two settings for four voices: 1572 and 1585) Carlo Gesualdo (five voices: 1603; six voices: 1611) Pablo Casals (mixed choir: 1932)
Text O vos ómnes qui transítis per víam, atténdite et vidéte: Si est dólor símilis sícut dólor méus. V. Atténdite, univérsi pópuli, et vidéte dolórem méum. Si est dólor símilis sícut dólor méus.
Translation O all you who walk by on the road, pay attention and see: if there be any sorrow like my sorrow. V. Pay attention, all people, and look at my sorrow: if there be any sorrow like my sorrow.
See also Juan Esquivel Barahona
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