Lyrics of Nigra sum, sed formosa - Anthony Rooley, Evelyn Tubb, Клаудио Монтеверди

Nigra sum, sed formosa (original)

Nigra sum sed formosa filia Jerusalem
Ideo dilexit me Dominus
Et introduxit me in cubiculum suum
Et dixit mihi: surge amica mea et veni.
Jam hiems transiit, imber abiit et recessit,
Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra,
Tempus putationis advenit.

(translation)

I am black but beautiful daughter of Jerusalem
Therefore the Lord loves me
And he brought me into his room
And he said to me: Rise up, my love, and I came.
Now the winter is past, the rain has gone and gone
The flowers appear on our land
The time for pruning has arrived.