A Lenten Musical Journey, Day 32

Returning to my ancestral roots with “Quis Est Homo,” plucked from one of Czech composer František Ignác Antonín Tůma’s five setting of the “Stabat Mater.” (Yep. Five. Also, the whole setting is really wonderful. So HERE.)

Quis est homo qui non fleret,
Matrem Christi si videret
In tanto supplicio?

Quis non posset contristari,
Christi Matrem contemplari
Dolentem cum Filio?

Is there one who would not weep, 
Whelm’d in miseries so deep
Christ’s dear Mother to behold?

Can the human heart refrain 
From partaking in her pain, 
In that Mother’s pain untold?

Attribution(s): “Tuma,” licensed under Public Domain via Wikipedia; “Bells” via Shutterstock.