Circumdederunt me (William Byrd)

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• CPDL #5343:

Editor: David Fraser (added 2003-07-16).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 134 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Revised May 2008

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Title: Circumdederunt me
Composer: William Byrd

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

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Cantiones Sacrae II (1591), no.15

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Original text and translations

Latin text

Circumdederunt me dolores mortis, et pericula inferni invenerunt me.
Tribulationem et dolorem inveni, et nomen Domini invocavi. O Domine, libera animam meam.

English translation

The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me.
I met with trouble and sorrow: And I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.