Caligavérunt óculi mei a fletu meo: quia elongátus est a me, qui consolabátur me: Vidéte omnes pópuli,
* Si est dolor símilis sicut dolor meus. V. O vos omnes, qui transítis per viam, atténdite et vidéte. Si est dolor ... Caligavérunt ... (The ninth responsory of Tenebrae on Good Friday.)
R. My eyes have grown dark with my weeping, because He is departed from me, Who did console me; See, all ye peoples, * if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow. V. All ye that pass by the way, behold, and see, if there be... My eyes...
Bartolomé Estebán Murillo, ca. 1675; Public domain image from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
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Tomás Luís de Victoria’s setting, sung by The Sixteen