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'''Ad Mortem Festināmus''' is a [[monody|monodic]] song (fol. 26v) from the 1399 manuscript [[Llibre Vermell de Montserrat]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Llibre Vermell (texts) |url=https://dick.wursten.be/Vermell_originaltexts_translations.htm |website=dick.wursten.be |access-date=30 June 2024}}</ref> Its lyrics deal with the inevitability of [[death]] and the need to stop [[sin]]ning. Its first few verses overlap with those of “Scribere Proposui”, a song from the 1582 ''[[Piae Cantiones]]''. It has been recorded by a variety of artists, including the electronic neo-medieval act [[Qntal]], that gave new music to the lyrics and made it a club hit in 1992.<br />
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==Lyrics==<br />
As written in the original manuscript, with line breaks added, parts marked with “iterum” written out in full, “u” and “v” differentiated, punctuation modernized, and [[Scribal abbreviation|abbreviations]] expanded:<br />
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<poem><br />
{{lang|la|Ad mortem festinamus:<br />
peccare desistamus.<br />
Peccare desistamus.<br />
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Scribere proposui de contemptu mundano,<br />
ut degentes seculi non mulcentur in vano;<br />
iam est hora surgere a sompno mortis pravo.<br />
A sompno mortis pravo.<br />
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Ad mortem festinamus:<br />
peccare desistamus.<br />
Peccare desistamus.<br />
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Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur,<br />
mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur,<br />
omnia mors perimit et nulli miseretur.<br />
Et nulli miseretur.<br />
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Ad mortem festinamus:<br />
peccare desistamus.<br />
Peccare desistamus.<br />
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Ni conversus fueris et sicut puer factus<br />
et vitam mutaveris in meliores actus,<br />
intrare non poteris regnum Dei beatus.<br />
Regnum Dei beatus.<br />
<br />
Ad mortem festinamus:<br />
peccare desistamus.<br />
Peccare desistamus.<br />
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Tuba cum sonuerit, dies erit extrema,<br />
et iudex advenerit, vocabit sempiterna<br />
electos in patria, prescitos ad inferna.<br />
Prescitos ad inferna.<br />
<br />
Ad mortem festinamus:<br />
peccare desistamus.<br />
Peccare desistamus.<br />
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Quam felices fuerint, qui cum christo regnabunt;<br />
facie ad faciem sic eum spectabunt,<br />
sanctus, sanctus dominus sabaoth conclamabunt.<br />
Sabaoth conclamabunt.<br />
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Ad mortem festinamus:<br />
peccare desistamus.<br />
Peccare desistamus.<br />
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Et quam tristes fuerint, qui eterne peribunt,<br />
pene non deficient, nec propter has obibunt,<br />
heu, heu, heu, miserrimi, numquam inde exibunt.<br />
Numquam inde exibunt.<br />
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Ad mortem festinamus:<br />
peccare desistamus.<br />
Peccare desistamus.<br />
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Cuncti reges seculi et in mundo magnates<br />
adventant et clerici omnesque potestates,<br />
fiant velut parvuli, dimitant vanitates.<br />
Dimitant vanitates.<br />
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Ad mortem festinamus:<br />
peccare desistamus.<br />
Peccare desistamus.<br />
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Heu, fratres karissimi, si digne contemplemus<br />
passionem domini, amare et si flemus,<br />
ut pupillam occuli servabit, ne peccemus.<br />
Servabit, ne peccemus.<br />
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Ad mortem festinamus:<br />
peccare desistamus.<br />
Peccare desistamus.<br />
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Alma virgo virginum, in celis coronata,<br />
apud tuum filium sis nobis advocata<br />
et post hoc exilium ocurrens mediata.<br />
Ocurrens mediata.<br />
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Ad mortem festinamus:<br />
peccare desistamus.<br />
Peccare desistamus.<br />
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O mors, quam amara est memoria tua.<br />
Vile cadaver eris. Cur non peccare vereris?<br />
Vile cadaver eris. Cur intumescere quæris?<br />
Vile cadaver eris, Ut quid peccuniam quæris?<br />
Vile cadaver eris. Quid vestes pomposas geris?<br />
Vile cadaver eris, Ut quid honores quæris?<br />
Vile cadaver eris. Cur non paenitens confiteris?<br />
Vile cadaver eris. Contra proximum non leteris.}}<br />
</poem><br />
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==Modern recordings==<br />
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*[[Jordi Savall]], [[Hespèrion XXI|Hespèrion XX]] (album ''Llibre Vermell de Montserrat - siglo XIV'', 1978)<ref>{{cite web |title=Llibre Vermell de Montserrat - 14th century songs and dances in honour of the Black Madonna of Montserrat Alia Vox AVSA9919 [ST] Classical Music Reviews: February 2017 - MusicWeb-International |url=https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2017/Feb/Llibre_Montserrat_AVSA9919.htm |website=www.musicweb-international.com |access-date=30 June 2024}}</ref><br />
*The [[New London Consort]] directed by [[Philip Pickett]] (album ''Llibre vermell, pilgrim songs & dances'', 1992)<br />
*[[Qntal]] (album ''[[Qntal I]]'', 1992)<br />
*Capilla Musical y Escolanía de la Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caídos & [[Atrium Musicae de Madrid|Atrium Musicae]], directed by Luis Lozano & [[Gregorio Paniagua]] (album ''Canto Antiguo Español'', 1994)<br />
*[[Alla francesca]] (album ''Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, cantigas de Santa Maria'', 1994)<br />
*[[Ensemble Micrologus]] (album ''In Festa'', 1995)<br />
*[[Gothart]] (album "Stella Splendens", 1997)<br />
*[[Studio der Frühen Musik]] directed by [[Thomas Binkley]] (album ''Secular music c1300'', 1998)<br />
*[[Companyia Elèctrica Dharma]]: "Festinamus (reprise)" (album ''Llibre Vermell'', 2002)<br />
*[[Ioculatores]] (album ''Media Vita in Morte Sumus'', 2004)<br />
*Lamia (album ''La Maquina de Dios'', 2006)<br />
*[[Choeur de Chambre de Namur]] (album ''Llibre Vermell'', 2007)<br />
*[[Luc Arbogast]] (album ''Canticum in Terra'', 2012)<br />
*[[Subway to Sally]] (album ''Mitgift'', 2014)<br />
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