O vos omnes
Introduction Extract of Carlo Gesualdo's setting of O vos omnes (1611)'''''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.TranslationO 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
References *  O vos omnes