Circumdederunt me (William Byrd)

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• CPDL #5343: Sibelius 4.
  

Editor: David Fraser (added 2003-07-16).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 128 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Revised 09/06 (completely reset from original printed source)

General Information

Title: Circumdederunt me
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 5vv  Voicing: ATTBarB
Genre: Sacred, Motets
Language: Latin
Instruments: none, 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.