Da mihi auxilium (William Byrd)

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  • (Posted 2021-11-21)  CPDL #66787:        (LilyPond)
Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2021-11-21).   Score information: Letter, 10 pages, 137 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC
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  • (Posted 2002-10-14)  CPDL #04082:        (Sibelius 4)
Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2002-10-14).   Score information: A4, 12 pages, 156 kB    Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Revised Jan 09.

General Information

Title: Da mihi auxilium
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: ATTBBB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1575 in Cantiones quae ab argumento sacrae vocantur, no. 23
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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Da mihi auxilium de tribulatione, quia vana salus hominis:
Aut aliquid saltem respirandi tempus, ut plangam juventutem meam.

English.png English translation

Give me help out of tribulation, because man’s salvation is vain:
or some time at least to recover, that I may bewail my youth.

German.png German translation

Gib mir Hilfe in der Bedrängnis, denn das Heil der Menschen ist eitel:
Oder wenigstens etwas Zeit zum Aufatmen, damit ich meine Jugend beweine.