De profundis
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De profundis (literally "from the depths") are the first two words of the Latin translation of psalm 129 (130), one of the seven Penitential Psalms (psalms 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143): De profundis clamavi ad te Domine (From the depths, I cried to you, Lord!)
De profundis is often used as the title of musical settings of the text. Some well-known examples include two settings by Josquin des Prez, one by Orlando di Lasso, one by Carl Georg Reutter (formerly attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) and a contemporary setting by Arvo Pärt.
A poem by García Lorca, in his collection Poema del cante jondo, is entitled De profundis. The poem begins:
- Los cien enamorados
- Duermen para siempre
- Bajo la tierra seca.
- (A hundred lovers
- sleep forever
- under the dry earth)
A long letter by Oscar Wilde, written to his former lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, near the end of Wilde's life while he was in prison, also bears this title, as does a poem by C. S. Lewis and one by Georg Trakl. A song by raison d'être, on the album Prospectus I, is entitled Ascension De Profundis.
The 2005 record release entitled "De Profundis" from the Industrial band Profesional Murder Music on Wormhole Records.
Black metal band Dark Funeral released a live album titled "De profundis clamavi ad te Domine".
Hungarian progressive-rock band After Crying released a impressive album called De Profundis.
A role-playing game, in the style of H. P. Lovecraft, is entitled "De Profundis: Letters From The Abyss" (Oracz 2001).
The influential death metal band, Vader released an album in 1995 by the name of De Profundis.
A song by Dead Can Dance called De Profundis (Out of the Depths of Sorrow) (on the album Spleen and Ideal)
A song from Martial Music group Derniere Volonté sampling the music from the french movie The Return of Martin Guerre
A little excerption of this psalm (Psalm 130th), can found in the lyrics of the music called "The Monastery of La Rabida", from Vangelis.
Two science-fiction short stories, one by Henry Kuttner (Kuttner 1953), the other by Murray Leinster (Leinster 1945), are entitled "De Profundis".
Stephen Lynch, Tony Award nominated actor and comedian famous for his raunchy comic lyrics routinely performs a song entitled Priest. The song is about a catholic priest’s impure thoughts of an alter boy. At the end of the song Lynch wails the final line, "De profundis clamo ad te domine, domine." Priest is on Lynch’s CD releases A Little Bit Special and Superhero as well as his DVD Live at the El Rey.
First two (2) words in the U.S.S. SPERRY AS-12 (a submarine tender) coat of arms or crest.
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[edit] External links
- The King James version at wikisource
- The Vulgate version at wikisource
- De Profundis - excerpted text of Wilde's De Profundis (1905 version?)
[edit] References
- Kuttner, Henry (1953), "De Profundis (also known as The Visitors)", Science Fiction Quarterly.
- Leinster, Murray (1945), "De Profundis", Thrilling Wonder Stories.
- Oracz, Michal (2001), De Profundis: Letters From The Abyss, Redhill, Surrey: Hogshead Publishing. ISBN 1-899749-35-7
