The Latin expression Illic stetimus et flevimus, quum recordaremur Sion, literally translated, means there we sat and weeping remembering Zion. It is from Psalm 137 in the Latin version of the Vulgate magazine by Paul VI (the original version has "Illic sedimus et flevimus dum recordaremur tui Sion").
It is the lament of the exile that remembers the far country. The verse derived from the psalm that begins "Super flumina Babylonis ..." represents a moment of intense lyricism in Jewish poetry that inspires musicians such as Pierluigi da Palestrina. In subsequent times, on the notes of "Going Thoughts", marking an epic moment of intense emotion, Giuseppe Verdi will present the drama of this people as a choreous tragedy of clash between peoples and social classes. Notemodify wikitesto Voices correlateemodify wikitesto
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