Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera

"In this world there is no honest peace"
Vivaldi 1735

Performed by: Grace Davidson

Inset: "On The Way to Emmaus"
by Ruisdael 1643

Aria.
Nulla in mundo pax sincera
sine felle; pura et vera,
dulcis Jesu, est in te.
Inter poenas et tormenta
vivit anima contenta
casti amoris sola spe.
Recitativo.
Blando colore oculos mundus decepit
at occulto vulnere corda conficit;
fugiamus ridentem, vitemus sequentem,
nam delicias ostentando arte secura
vellet ludendo superare.
Aria.
Spirat anguis
inter flores et colores
explicando tegit fel.
Sed occulto factus ore
homo demens in amore
saepe lambit quasi mel.
Alleluia.

Air.
In this world there is no honest peace
free from bitterness. It lies in You,
sweet Jesus, pure and true.
Amid pains and torments
lives the soul, happy only
with hope of chaste love.
Recitative.
By tempting look this world deceives the eye,
but pierces hearts by hidden wounds.
Let us flee him who smiles, shun him who follows us,
for by skilfully displaying its pleasures, this world
overwhelms us by deceit.
Air.
The serpent hisses
among blossoms and colours,
uncoils itself and conceals the gall,
But after a furtive kiss,
a man maddened by love
often licks it like honey.
Alleluja.