Spiritus meus attenuabitur (1582) (Orlando di Lasso)

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  • (Posted 2018-03-20)  CPDL #49101:     
Editor: Richard Mix (submitted 2018-03-20).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 123 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: transposed a minor third higher

General Information

Title: Spiritus meus attenuabitur (2nda pars Dies mei transierunt) Lassus published another setting in 1565.
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist: Job create page

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1582 in Lectiones sacrae novem, no. 7
Description: 7th of 9 Lessons for Matins of the Dead.

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Spiritus meus attenuabitur, dies mei breviabuntur,
et solum mihi superest sepulcrum.
Non peccavi, et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus.
Libera me, Domine, et pone me juxta te,
et cujusvis manus pugnet contra me.

Dies mei transierunt; cogitationes meae dissipatae sunt, torquentes cor meum.
Noctem verterunt in diem, et rursum post tenebras spero lucem.
Si sustinuero infenus domus mea est; et in tenebris stravi lectulum meum.
Putredini dixi: Pater meus es; mater mea, et soror mea, vermibus.
Ubi est ergo nunc praestolatio mea et patientia mea?
Tu es Domine Deus meus.