Domine praestolamur - Veni Domine noli tardare (William Byrd)

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Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2002-09-18).   Score information: A4, 10 pages, 159 kbytes    Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Revised Dec 08

General Information

Title: Domine praestolamur
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: ATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Cantiones sacrae I (1589), nos.3-4

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Original text and translations

Latin text

Domine, praestolamur adventum tuum, ut cito venias, et dissolvas jugum captivitatem nostrae.
Veni, Domine, noli tardare, relaxa facinora plebi tuae, et libera populum tuum.
(part 2 based on a Respond for 4th Friday in Advent, Sarum Rite)

English translation

O Lord, we await thy coming, that thou comest quickly and dissolvest the bonds of our captivity.
Come, O Lord, and tarry not: forgive the misdeeds of thy servants, and deliver thy people.