Emendemus in melius (Baldassare Donato)

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• CPDL #15923: (Letter)   (A4)   Finale 2006

Editor: Sabine Cassola (added 2008-02-07).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 91/133 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Edition is from the "Florilegium Sacrarum Cantionum Quinque vocum" by Pierre Phalèse, Antwerp 1609. File Sizes: MIDI: 11 KB, Finale 2006: 39 KB. Letter size PDF added under CPDL #17320 on 2008-06-25.

General Information

Title: Emendemus in melius a 5
Composer: Baldassare Donato

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

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Florilegium Sacrarum Cantionum - Petrius Phalesius - 1609.

Description: Number 10 of Florilegium Sacrarum Cantionum

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Original text and translations

Latin text

Emendemus in melius

quae ignoranter peccavimus:

ne subito praeoccupati

die mortis quaeramus

spatium poenitentiae,

et invenire non possimus.

Attende Domine, et miserere:

quia peccavimus tibi.

Peccavimus cum patribus nostris,

iniuste egimus, iniquitatem fecimus.

Attende Domine, et miserere:

quia peccavimus tibi.

English translation
by Mick Swithinbank

Let us mend our ways and put behind us

the sins we have thoughtlessly committed:

lest we in sudden concern

on the day of our death

seek an opportunity for repentance

and cannot find one.

Hear us, Lord, and have mercy on us

for we have sinned against you.

We have sinned like our fathers,

we have acted unjustly and done wrong.

Hear us, Lord, and have mercy on us:

for we have sinned against you.