O quam suavis (William Byrd)
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Title: O quam suavis
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motets
Language: Latin
Instruments: none, a cappella
Published: Gradualia II (1607), no. 18
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Original text and translations
Latin text
O quam suavis est, Domine, Spiritus tuus, qui ut dulcedinem tuam in filios demonstrares, pane suavissimo de caelo praestito, esurientes reples bonis, fastidiosos divites dimittens inanes. (Wisdom 12:1; 16:21; Corpus Christi, First Vespers, Antiphon to the Magnificat)
English translation
O how sweet, O Lord, is thy spirit, who, to show thy tenderness to thy children, feedest them with thy sweetest bread from heaven, feeding the hungry with good things, and sending the disdainful rich away empty.
Translation supplied by The St. Ann Choir, directed by William Mahrt.
