Volume 14 (2008) No. 1
Alexander Fisher
Celestial Sirens and Nightingales: Change and Assimilation in the Munich Anthologies of Georg Victorinus
Example 9: Johannes Sagittarius, Pater peccavi (Philomela coelestis, no. 12); Responsory, Saturday in the second week of Lent (download in pdf)
| Pater, peccavi in caelum, et coram te: | Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; |
| jam non sum dignus
vocari filius tuus: Fac me sicut unum ex mercenariis tuis. |
I am no longer worthy to be called
your son; treat me like one of your hired hands. |
| Quanti mercenarii in
domo patris mei abundant panibus, ego autem hic fame pereo! Surgam, et ibo ad patrem meum, et dicam ei: |
How many of my father’s hired
hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger! I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, |
| Fac me sicut unum ex mercenariis tuis. | treat me like one of your hired hands. |