Tanquam [Tamquam] ad latronem

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:

Proper of Time → The Sacred Paschal Triduum → Friday of the Passion of the Lord

Publication Information:
Arista — AE 681 (2010)

Text Information:
Reference: Responsory No. 4 of Matins (2nd Nocturn) for Good Friday

Lyrics:

Tanquam [Tamquam] ad latronem existis 
cum gladiis et fustibus comprehendere me:
quotidie apud vos eram in tempo docens,
et non me tenuistis, 
et ecce flagelatum ducitis ad crucifigendum.

Cumque injecissent manus in Jesum,
et tenuissent eum, dixit ad eos:
Quotide apud vos eram in templo docens,
et non me tenuistis, 
et ecce flagelatum ducitis ad crucifigendum.


English translation:
You come as against a robber
with swords and clubs to apprehend me.
I was daily with you in the temple teaching
and you did not arrest me;
and behold you lead me to scourging
and to be crucified.

They laid hands on Jesus and held him fast.
He said to them:
I was daily with you in the temple teaching
and you did not arrest me;
and behold you lead me to scourging
and to be crucified.

Notes: Score says “Tanquam” but according to Liber Usualis, it should be “Tamquam.”
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Nov 18, 2021 Last updated: Jan 20, 2022